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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the poem "I Remember, I Remember"?
(a) Thinking about a lost love.
(b) Returning to a childhood home.
(c) Regaining one's memory after an accident.
(d) Remembering a past event.

2. Finish the line from "Wants": "Beneath it all, desire of ______ runs."
(a) Affection.
(b) Love.
(c) Fame.
(d) Oblivion.

3. In the poem "The Importance of Elsewhere," where is the poet?
(a) Ireland.
(b) France.
(c) America.
(d) England.

4. Finish this line from "As Bad as a Mile": "The apple unbitten ________."
(a) On the tree.
(b) In the vase.
(c) In the grass.
(d) In the palm.

5. In the poem "This Is the First Thing," what sound does the narrator say time is?
(a) An echo.
(b) A smack.
(c) A shout.
(d) A ping.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "So Through That Unripe Day," what do the days lose?

2. In the poem "For Sidney Bechet," the narrator says a note is reflected like which city on the water?

3. In the poem "An Arundel Tomb," what lies at the earl and countess' feet?

4. In the poem "To Write One Song," where does the narrator go so that he can write a sad song?

5. In the poem "Skin," what does the narrator call his skin?

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