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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. What do the bells in "Autumn Returns" mean?
(a) That it is time for church.
(b) That someone has died.
(c) That someone has been saved.
(d) That it is six o'clock.

2. In "The Builder," what does the poet say he will build his likeness from?
(a) Rock.
(b) Salt.
(c) Wood.
(d) Water.

3. What does the storm teach the weak in "Ode to the Storm"?
(a) To be brave.
(b) To sing.
(c) To sleep.
(d) To fear.

4. What keeps the figurehead with the men at the end of the poem in "To a Ship's Figurehead"?
(a) Her history.
(b) The pieces that broke off of her.
(c) Paintings of her.
(d) Her beauty.

5. In "We Are Many," why can't the poet decide who he is?
(a) He never looks in mirrors.
(b) He lets women decide who he is.
(c) He feels different every day.
(d) He has many voices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of flower is the sudden flower in "The Poet"?

2. Where is the pearl in "The Long Day Called Thursday"?

3. Why does the poet say he will say nothing in "I will Come Back"?

4. Which is the father river in "Entrance of the Rivers"?

5. According to the poet when was gold pure in "Gold"?

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