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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ode to a Beautiful Nude | And How Long? | Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks | Fear.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many parts does the poet break "The Heights of Macchu Picchu" into?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

2. In "Waltz," what does the poet say to not expect to find?
(a) Love as it is meant to be.
(b) War in times of peace.
(c) Justice from the government.
(d) Him as he used to be.

3. What does the poet say to the marine night in "The Marine Night"?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That he wants to become it.
(c) That he is sorry.
(d) That he loves it.

4. In "Tonight I can Write," what does the poet say he could write?
(a) A novel.
(b) Sad lines.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The truth.

5. How does the poet feel about the prostitute in "The Night of the Soldier"?
(a) That she is destructuve.
(b) That she is caring.
(c) That she needs saving.
(d) That she is perfection.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Ships," what type of ships are described as being the worst?

2. What type of flower is the sudden flower in "The Poet"?

3. In "Absence of Joaquin," what defines the friend?

4. In "Ode to Laziness," what is freed from the spider's web?

5. In "Alliance (Sonata)," what time of day is it?

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