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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Skin," what does the narrator call his skin?
(a) His daily dress.
(b) His life story.
(c) His window to the world.
(d) His largest organ.

2. In "Pigeons," what are the pigeons doing at the end of the poem?
(a) Flying.
(b) Squawking.
(c) Eating.
(d) Sleeping.

3. In "Disintegration," what runs beneath the pillow of two lovers?
(a) Time.
(b) Love.
(c) Anger.
(d) Hunger.

4. To whom is the poem "Conscript" dedicated?
(a) James Ballard Sutton.
(b) James Beard.
(c) John Wilkes Booth.
(d) John Paul Jones.

5. In the poem "The Bottle Is Drunk," what is the narrator sick from?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) The cold.
(c) Heartache.
(d) Want of sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Card-Players," what does Jan van Hogspeuw do?

2. In "Dear Charles, My Muse, Asleep or Dead," for what occasion is the poem written?

3. In the poem "Annus Mirabilis," when did sexual intercourse begin?

4. What room is mentioned in the poem "Absences"?

5. In "Dublinesque," what is passing through the streets?

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