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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. 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.

2. In "In Spite of Wrath," what is built after the holocaust?
(a) Universities.
(b) Statues.
(c) Towers.
(d) Bridges.

3. At the end of "The Builders of Statues," what does the poet consider?
(a) If the statues built themselves.
(b) If the statues will exist after he dies.
(c) If the statues are a hallucination.
(d) If he can build a statue.

4. In "The Marine Night," what does the poet want to burn with?
(a) Bonfires.
(b) Ships.
(c) Candles.
(d) Pain.

5. In the beginning of "Wine," what does the speaker want to do?
(a) Pray.
(b) Sing.
(c) Party.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Wave," what does the poet describe as being a flower?

2. In "Being Born in the Woods," what is born again?

3. What is ruined at the end of "There's No Forgetting"?

4. What does the poet compare dreaming to in "Nocturnal Collection"?

5. In "They Come For the Islands," who witnesses the destruction of the island?

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