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

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

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

4. In the beginning of "The Ships," what do the ships carry?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Goods.
(c) Nothing.
(d) People.

5. What is Antarctica called in "Antarctic"?
(a) A crown.
(b) A mystery.
(c) A trap.
(d) A gem.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Ah Vastness of Pines," what geographic feature does the poet describe in the first four lines?

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

4. Why do the clothes in "Ode to Clothes" wait?

5. In "Alliance (Sonata)," what time of day is it?

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