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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish this line from the poem "Days": "Days are where ________."
(a) We live in.
(b) We watch our lives.
(c) We wait for death.
(d) We grow ourselves.

2. What animal is mentioned in the poem "Wires"?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Horses.
(d) Sheep.

3. Finish this line from "High Windows": "And everyone young going down the long slide to _______."
(a) Faith.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Old Age.
(d) Death.

4. What animal is mentioned in the poem "At Grass"?
(a) A horse.
(b) Birds.
(c) A swan.
(d) Cattle.

5. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," how many ice cubes does the narrator put in his glass?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Card-Players," what is the weather outside?

2. In the poem "Sympathy in White Major," what does the narrator say is not his favorite color?

3. In the poem "Myxomatosis," what object causes the subject pain?

4. In the poem "Talking in Bed," what does the narrator say about talking in bed?

5. In the poem "Nothing to be Said," what does the poet say life is?

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