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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VIII: Lament Over Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Little Old Letter" claim pen and paper have the power to do?
(a) Burn up and turn meaningless.
(b) Take a person's life.
(c) Guarantee your rights.
(d) Seal a deal.

2. What supernatural figure appears in the poem "Sunday Morning Prophecy"?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Wizards.
(d) Devils.

3. What kind of men does the speaker love in "Cora"?
(a) The ones who always cheat on her with her best friend.
(b) The ones who never seem to live long.
(c) The ones who can play a "sweet Blues song."
(d) The ones who treat her poorly.

4. What kind of music are tambourines often used in?
(a) Traditional Chinese music.
(b) Irish music.
(c) Classical music.
(d) Gospel music.

5. In the poem "Fire," what does the author think fire is going to do?
(a) Burn his crops.
(b) Clean his sins away.
(c) Burn his soul.
(d) Burn his house down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way Sylvester knows he is dying in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?

2. What are the tambourines being played for in "Tambourines"?

3. How does the speaker specifically describe the tulips in "Garden"?

4. What does the speaker in "Down and Out" want from her lover?

5. In "Little Old Letter," the speaker claims never to have been so lonely since when?

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