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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After recounting a sexual experience in "Furies and Sufferings," what does the poet do?
(a) Start a new story.
(b) Curse.
(c) Ask questions.
(d) End the poem.

3. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet say he resembles when he loves?
(a) Stars.
(b) The sun.
(c) Clouds.
(d) A moon.

4. In "Body of a Woman," what does the poet say he will persist in?
(a) His faith.
(b) Bodily pain.
(c) Her grace.
(d) The truth.

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

6. In "The Ships," what type of ships are described as being the worst?
(a) War ships.
(b) Sunken ships.
(c) Empty ships.
(d) Whaling ships.

7. In "Signifying Shadows," what is the poet's calling?
(a) Counseler.
(b) Helper.
(c) Observer.
(d) Singer.

8. In "The Great Ocean," why does the poet say people cannot harm the ocean?
(a) It is so great.
(b) It is too frightening.
(c) They can harm the ocean.
(d) It is a god.

9. In "Death Alone," what does the poet first describe?
(a) Cemetaries.
(b) Birth.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Funerals.

10. At the end of "The Builders of Statues," what does the poet consider?
(a) If the statues are a hallucination.
(b) If the statues built themselves.
(c) If he can build a statue.
(d) If the statues will exist after he dies.

11. What is Antarctica called in "Antarctic"?
(a) A trap.
(b) A mystery.
(c) A gem.
(d) A crown.

12. In "In Spite of Wrath," what is built after the holocaust?
(a) Bridges.
(b) Towers.
(c) Statues.
(d) Universities.

13. At the end of "Dream Horses," what does the poet wish for?
(a) To live dreams.
(b) To trade dreams with someone else.
(c) To record his dreams.
(d) To stop having dreams.

14. In "The Way into Wood," what does the poet say about apologies?
(a) That they are always late.
(b) That they hurt more than help.
(c) That they should come only from men.
(d) That they mean nothing.

15. What makes the school of fish unique in "The Fish and the Drowned Man"?
(a) It is very small.
(b) It include men.
(c) It is very large.
(d) It is made up of many types of fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In Spite of Wrath," the light comes in spite of what?

2. In the beginning of "The Ships," what do the ships carry?

3. What does the poet relate the woman's body to in "Body of a Woman"?

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

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

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