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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is ruined at the end of "There's No Forgetting"?
(a) A field.
(b) A river.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A tree.

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

3. Why is the poet angry in the beginning of "Waltz"?
(a) Because he feels like he is in a rut.
(b) Because he lost his job.
(c) Because he was robbed.
(d) Because he has been left by a woman.

4. What do all the people in "Lone Gentleman" do in the first lines of the poem?
(a) Take a vacation.
(b) Fall in love.
(c) Greet each other.
(d) Drink wine.

5. What does the creature play with in "Every Day you Play"?
(a) Light.
(b) Humans.
(c) Water.
(d) The moon.

6. How is Marisol described in "Every Day you Play"?
(a) Excited.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Dangerous.

7. In "Tonight I can Write," what does the poet say he could write?
(a) A novel.
(b) Sad lines.
(c) The truth.
(d) Nothing.

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

9. What are the "black days" in "Bleak System"?
(a) Being in love.
(b) A time of war.
(c) Death.
(d) When the poet was ill.

10. How does the poet describe the guitar in "Tang"?
(a) Broken but valuable.
(b) Loud but weak.
(c) Empty but full.
(d) Silent but powerful.

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

12. How does the poet immortalize himself in "Signifying Shadows"?
(a) He says he can't immortalize himself.
(b) By taking pictures of himself.
(c) Through prayer.
(d) Through writing.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lone Gentleman," what does the poet call the people around him?

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

3. What does the poet compare dreaming to in "Nocturnal Collection"?

4. In "The Great Ocean," why does the poet say people cannot harm the ocean?

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

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