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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 "Birdwatching Ode," what does the poet tell the birds to stay away from?
(a) Humans and preditors.
(b) Women and the sunset.
(c) Guns and cages.
(d) Men and children.

2. In "Ode to a Beautiful Nude," what resides in the nude's eyes?
(a) Countries.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Beasts.

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

4. In "Oceanic South," what does the poet have left?
(a) His writing.
(b) His friends.
(c) His imagination.
(d) His love.

5. In "Barcarole," what is the red arrow?
(a) A sword.
(b) Love.
(c) Hateful talk.
(d) A tongue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is it in "Ode to the Tomato"?

2. What do the men do with the figurehead when they first find it in "To a Ship's Figurehead"?

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

4. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet say he resembles when he loves?

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

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