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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. How does the poet feel about the prostitute in "The Night of the Soldier"?
(a) That she is destructuve.
(b) That she needs saving.
(c) That she is perfection.
(d) That she is caring.

2. What is ruined at the end of "There's No Forgetting"?
(a) A tree.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A field.
(d) A river.

3. Where is Tocopilla located in "The Brutalized Birds"?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Spain.
(c) Chile.
(d) Mexico.

4. What does the poet say to the marine night in "The Marine Night"?
(a) That he is sorry.
(b) That he loves it.
(c) That he wants to become it.
(d) Nothing.

5. In "The Great Ocean," why does the poet say people cannot harm the ocean?
(a) It is a god.
(b) It is so great.
(c) It is too frightening.
(d) They can harm the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "Lone Gentleman," what does the poet call the people around him?

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

5. What do all the people in "Lone Gentleman" do in the first lines of the poem?

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