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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nationality of the girl on the train in "Like the Train's Beat"?
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) Russian.
(d) Polish.

2. In "Tops," what does the narrator say the tops draw up like?
(a) Hope.
(b) A candleflame.
(c) The moon.
(d) A sun.

3. In the poem "Livings," how many days does the narrator spend in the hotel?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. What "irritant" is mentioned in the poem "Dry-Point"?
(a) A bruise.
(b) A pulled muscle.
(c) A blister.
(d) A broken bone.

5. In the poem "So Through That Unripe Day," what do the days lose?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Time.
(c) Light.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Finish this line from "The Building": "Though crowds each evening try with wasteful, weak, propitiatory _________."

3. What does the ship in the poem "Next, Please" represent?

4. How many parts compose the poem "Livings"?

5. In the poem "Morning Has Spread Again," how many times has the narrator and his subject met?

(see the answer key)

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