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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. What does the poet relate the woman's body to in "Body of a Woman"?
(a) The earth.
(b) The heavens.
(c) Scientific discovery.
(d) Literature.

2. What leads to Magellan's end in "The Magellan Heart"?
(a) An angry group of natives.
(b) A woman.
(c) A mysterious illness.
(d) His own discoveries.

3. In "The Portrait in the Rock," what do the police do to the poet's friend?
(a) They arrest him.
(b) The rescue him.
(c) They hire him.
(d) They beat him.

4. In "We Are Many," who does the poet talk to when he calls for the fireman?
(a) An elderly man.
(b) A fireman.
(c) An arsonist.
(d) A fireman's wife.

5. What does "Weak with the Dawn" question?
(a) Religion.
(b) War.
(c) Politics.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Bestiary," what does the poet call the spider?

2. What does the poet say he used to be called in "Fiesta's End"?

3. What keeps the figurehead with the men at the end of the poem in "To a Ship's Figurehead"?

4. What does the poet say was lost in "Love, America (1400)"?

5. In "Signifying Shadows," what is the poet's calling?

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