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

2. Why do the clothes in "Ode to Clothes" wait?
(a) To be useful.
(b) To be thrown away.
(c) To be taken off.
(d) To turn into humans.

3. In the beginning of "Ode with a Lament," what does the poet say the woman is ready for?
(a) To be kissed.
(b) To be held.
(c) To be broken.
(d) To be drank.

4. How many sections does "The Magellan Heart" have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are riders described in "Dream Horses"?

2. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?

3. In "Ode to the Storm," what are the storm's eyes like?

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

5. In "Not Alone the Albatross," what does the poet say about the albatross?

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