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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 "Ode to Laziness," what is freed from the spider's web?
(a) A man.
(b) Another spider.
(c) A fly.
(d) A bee.

2. Why are the oxen red in "Bleak System"?
(a) They are bloody.
(b) They have been painted.
(c) The poet is hallucinating.
(d) They are newborns.

3. When does harvest occur in "Being Born in the Woods"?
(a) August.
(b) October.
(c) July.
(d) September.

4. In the last ten lines of "Death Alone," what object does the poet connect to death?
(a) A sink.
(b) A bed.
(c) A pot.
(d) A broom.

5. In "Absence of Joaquin," what defines the friend?
(a) His death.
(b) His money.
(c) His wife.
(d) His education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet relate the woman's body to in "Body of a Woman"?

2. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet cast sad nets toward?

3. What does the poet compare his lover to in "I Have Gone Marking"?

4. In the beginning of "Entrance of the Rivers," what is the river called?

5. Why is the poet angry in the beginning of "Waltz"?

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