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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Tonight I can Write," what does the poet say he could write?

3. In "Ah Vastness of Pines," what geographic feature does the poet describe in the first four lines?

4. What does "Weak with the Dawn" question?

5. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet cast sad nets toward?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Love, American (1400)," what does the poet say remains?

2. Why does the poet talk about fabric in "Weak with the Dawn"?

3. What does the poet describe in "Rapa Nui"?

4. How does the poet describe unity in "Unity"?

5. What does the poet say about gold in "Gold"?

6. At the end of "The Heights of Macchu Picchu," what does the poet see?

7. What happens to the people of the island in "They Come For the Islands"?

8. In "The Great Ocean," what does the poet say about nature?

9. What do the shadows do to the poet in "Thinking, Tangling Shadows"?

10. How does the poet describe communism in "Bleak System"?

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