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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poet's Obligation | The Word | Ocean.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the poet say will happen if people stop naming in "Too Many Names"?
(a) People will descend into chaos.
(b) Everything will blur together.
(c) God will return to give new names.
(d) Everything will be the same.

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

4. In "Wine," what does the speaker desire to be?
(a) A fish.
(b) A woman.
(c) A common man.
(d) A captain.

5. In lines 4-8 of "Tang," who does the poet describe?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Musicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "House," what does the poet say existed before the earth?

2. What rules does the poet say exist for human creativity in "Nocturnal Statutes"?

3. In "Love, America (1400)," what does the poet say America has no word for?

4. In "Rain," what does the poet say the shore loves?

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

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