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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (The Bull - You Guys, Pages 1 - 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Skinny Dipping," what does the speaker want to do?
(a) Leap from the bridge.
(b) Eat ice cream.
(c) Make snow.
(d) Find a new job.

2. In "Dear Peter," what book does the speaker find in the reading room?
(a) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
(b) Farringdon.
(c) Love and Hate.
(d) Helios.

3. What was no one at the bridge, according to the speaker, in "Skinny Dipping"?
(a) Young.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Fun.

4. What does the fall actually do to the speaker in "Skinny Dipping"?
(a) Makes him sad.
(b) Makes him real.
(c) Makes him honest.
(d) Makes him respected.

5. In "You Guys," what does the speaker swear to do at the end of the poem?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Leave the place spotless.
(c) Love more fiercely than before.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Bull," how does the night appear around the bull?

2. In "Snow Theory," what does the speaker think of when he dog-ears the book?

3. What is Old Glory a nickname for in the poem by the same title?

4. In "The Bull," who is the speaker?

5. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker do in the streets?

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