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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator combines the word “respiration” with what word in Section 2?
(a) “Inspiration.”
(b) “Retaliation.”
(c) “Resignation.”
(d) “Desperation.”

2. What is being carried in loads on the “slow-drawn wagon” in Section 9?
(a) Dried grass.
(b) Corn.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Rice.

3. How old does the narrator of the poem claim to be in Section 1?
(a) 34.
(b) 29.
(c) 44.
(d) 37.

4. In the conclusion of Section 6, the narrator states that “to die is different from what any one supposed, and” what?
(a) “Pacifying.”
(b) “Painful.”
(c) “Luckier.”
(d) “Quicker.”

5. The narrator claims in Section 2 that the atmosphere “has no taste of” what?
(a) “The reconciliation.”
(b) “The concentration.”
(c) “The distillation.”
(d) “The emancipation.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does the narrator use in describing the summer morning in Section 5?

2. What question does the narrator say a child asked in Section 6?

3. The narrator compels the reader in Section 2 by stating, “Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess” what?

4. The narrator asks the reader in Section 2, “Have you reckon’d” how many acres?

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

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