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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the ship in the poem "Next, Please" represent?
(a) Death.
(b) Hope.
(c) Life.
(d) Affluence.

2. In the poem "Maiden Name," what did marriage do to the woman?
(a) Left her alone.
(b) Helped her become a new woman.
(c) Saved her from spinsterhood.
(d) Erased her old identity.

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

4. In the poem "Love Songs in Age," what is the widow playing?
(a) The radio.
(b) The piano.
(c) Records.
(d) The violin.

5. What is the name of the cafe in "Going, Going"?
(a) F6.
(b) M1.
(c) F2.
(d) M5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Homage to a Government," why are the soldiers coming home?

2. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," what is the porter doing?

3. In the poem "Is It for Now or For Always," what does the narrator call his lover?

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

5. In "Friday Night at the Royal Station Hotel," where have the salesmen gone?

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