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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section X: Name in Uphill Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is all that a snail knows in "Snail"?
(a) Shell and no shell.
(b) Weather and rose.
(c) The bottom of people's shoes.
(d) Sunrise and sunset.

2. What language, other than English, is used in the poem "Havana Dreams"?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Creole.
(d) Russian.

3. In "Water-Front Streets," where does the speaker claim to carry "beauties"?
(a) In his diary.
(b) In his photo album.
(c) In his heart and dreams.
(d) In his mind and soul.

4. What does the speaker claim the wine-maiden's lips are as sweet as in "Midnight Dancer"?
(a) Molasses.
(b) Honey.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Purple dew.

5. What does the speaker say life is as fine as in "Life Is Fine"?
(a) A good meal.
(b) Wine.
(c) Silk.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country is NOT mentioned in any of the poems in "Sea and Land"?

2. According to the speaker in "To Be Somebody," where is there always room?

3. What does the speaker wish the rent were in "Little Lyric (Of Great Importance)"?

4. What inanimate object speaks in "Heaven"?

5. What does the speaker in "Mother to Son" claim her life has NOT been?

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