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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of "Entrance of the Rivers," what is the river called?
(a) A curer of disease.
(b) A wave to ride.
(c) A home for people.
(d) A giver of life.

2. In the beginning of "The Great Ocean," what does the poet ask of Ocean?
(a) Power.
(b) Love.
(c) Life.
(d) Fruit.

3. In lines 4-8 of "Tang," who does the poet describe?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Philosophers.

4. Where does God in "A Soldier Sleeps" say the soldier is from?
(a) Europe.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The sea.
(d) The flames.

5. In "Being Born in the Woods," what is born again?
(a) A seed.
(b) The poet.
(c) A bird.
(d) The rain.

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

7. What does the poet consider in "Sonata and Destructions"?
(a) His birth.
(b) His death.
(c) His career.
(d) His wealth.

8. What does the chief in "Education of the Chieftain" make himself?
(a) Velocity.
(b) Forcefulness.
(c) A worker.
(d) A god.

9. At the end of "Education of the Chieftain," what does the chief become?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Worthy.
(c) Injured.
(d) Rich.

10. What emotion is detailed in the beginning of "Ars Poetica"?
(a) Rage.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Happiness.

11. At the end of "Pact (Sonata)," what does the poet ask?
(a) For the woman to leave him alone.
(b) For the woman to remain with him.
(c) For the woman to fix his heart.
(d) For the woman to move with him.

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

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

14. In "Burial in the East," what does the poet say happens to the corpses before burial?
(a) They are put in display in the public square.
(b) They are wrapped in white cloth.
(c) They are covered with flowers.
(d) They are marched around town.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Battle of the Jarama River," who are the river's people?

3. What is Antarctica called in "Antarctic"?

4. What does the poet compare his lover to in "I Have Gone Marking"?

5. What does the poet see in the ocean in "Oceanic South"?

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