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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 "House," what does the poet say existed before the earth?
(a) Moon and stone.
(b) Water and air.
(c) Stars and sun.
(d) God and faith.

2. What does the poet say is buried in the sand in "Rapa Nui"?
(a) Money.
(b) Bodies.
(c) Feet.
(d) The truth.

3. What does the poet say about forever in "And How Long?"
(a) Who knows what forever is.
(b) How long forever lasts.
(c) What it means to say forever.
(d) If he'll see forever.

4. In "Ah Vastness of Pines," what geographic feature does the poet describe in the first four lines?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A plain.
(c) A river.
(d) A mountain range.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Body of a Woman," what does the poet say he will persist in?

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

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

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

5. In "Waltz," what does the poet say to not expect to find?

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