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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many suns does the narrator claim there are left in Section 2?
(a) Dozens.
(b) But a few.
(c) A handful.
(d) Millions.

2. How is the girl described that accompanies the youngster “up the bushy hill” in Section 8?
(a) “Red-eyed.”
(b) “Red-headed.”
(c) “Red-skinned.”
(d) “Red-faced.”

3. What adjective does the narrator use in describing the summer morning in Section 5?
(a) “Retrograde.”
(b) “Transparent.”
(c)
(d) “Boiling.”

4. The narrator claims in Section 5, “I know that the hand of God is the promise of” what?
(a) “Good fortune.”
(b) “My own.”
(c) “Others.”
(d) “Salvation.”

5. The narrator describes “the little one” as sleeping where in the opening of Section 8?
(a) “The bed.”
(b) “Its cradle.”
(c) “A basket.”
(d) “The bathtub.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Section 7, “Undrape! You are not guilty to me, nor stale nor” what?

2. The narrator of the poem claims in Section 1 that “what I assume you shall” what?

3. What “impassive” objects “receive and return so many echoes,” according to the narrator in Section 8?

4. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?

5. The narrator combines the word “respiration” with what word in Section 2?

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