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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Loneliness | Memory | The Long Day Called Thursday.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In stanza 4 of "Battle of the Jarama River," what is said about the river?
(a) It will never flow again.
(b) It cannot be conquered.
(c) It knows the truth.
(d) It is stained forever.

2. In "Oh Earth, Wait for Me," what does the poet say the earth's pure gift is?
(a) Silence.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Freedom.

3. In "Nocturnal Statutes," what does reality differ from?
(a) School.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Love.
(d) Death.

4. What is the house in "House"?
(a) The earth.
(b) The poet's body.
(c) The poet's parents' house.
(d) The poet's apartment.

5. What does the poet compare his lover to in "I Have Gone Marking"?
(a) A car.
(b) A map.
(c) A book.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Almagro conquer the land in "Discoverers of Chile"?

2. In "Barcarole," what is the red arrow?

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

4. In "Ode to Laziness," what is freed from the spider's web?

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

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