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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. What does the poet say about forever in "And How Long?"
(a) How long forever lasts.
(b) If he'll see forever.
(c) What it means to say forever.
(d) Who knows what forever is.

2. What does the watch cut down in "Ode to a Watch at Night"?
(a) An old house.
(b) A rough grassland.
(c) A tree.
(d) A building.

3. In "In Spite of Wrath," the light comes in spite of what?
(a) Daggars.
(b) Terror.
(c) Men.
(d) Animals.

4. In "Fear," what does the poet complain about?
(a) Being afraid of his future.
(b) His lack of money.
(c) People telling him what to do.
(d) Never finding love.

5. What keeps the figurehead with the men at the end of the poem in "To a Ship's Figurehead"?
(a) The pieces that broke off of her.
(b) Paintings of her.
(c) Her history.
(d) Her beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tonight I can Write," what does the poet say he could write?

2. In the beginning of "The Great Ocean," what does the poet ask of Ocean?

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

4. In "Nocturnal Collection," what does the poet say he conquered?

5. In stanza 4 of "Battle of the Jarama River," what is said about the river?

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