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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. How does the poet feel about the prostitute in "The Night of the Soldier"?
(a) That she needs saving.
(b) That she is caring.
(c) That she is perfection.
(d) That she is destructuve.

2. Why does the poet make funeral arrangements in "And How Long?"
(a) He thinks he is dying.
(b) His friend died.
(c) He wants to control his funeral arrangement.
(d) His doctor told him to.

3. What flows like a tide in "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?
(a) The blood of Spain.
(b) The rivers in France.
(c) His sould.
(d) Warring soldiers.

4. What does the poet say people must do to the past in "Past"?
(a) Relive it.
(b) Honor it.
(c) Learn from it.
(d) Get rid of it.

5. What does the poet desire in "Bestiary"?
(a) To work at a zoo.
(b) To keep animals as pets.
(c) To speak with animals.
(d) To become an animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second half of "Past," what does the poet say about people?

2. What makes the school of fish unique in "The Fish and the Drowned Man"?

3. Where is Tocopilla located in "The Brutalized Birds"?

4. What does the poet consider in "Sonata and Destructions"?

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

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