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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 25 - 51).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker implore the reader to do in the last stanza of "Late Poems"?
(a) Turn up the radio.
(b) Turn down the music.
(c) Turn down the bedcovers.
(d) Turn up the light.

2. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) For the legends.
(b) For the king's honor.
(c) For the glory.
(d) For the loot.

3. Why does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" miss the mushrooms again this year?
(a) She was immersed elsewhere.
(b) She was ill.
(c) She was scared of the mushrooms.
(d) She had just lost her home in a flood.

4. What was standing there when the door was opened in Part 3 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Death.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Life.
(d) Desire.

5. What is the sister who is no longer there, now that she is gone, in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) A song.
(b) A memory.
(c) An empty chair, or simply air.
(d) A painting in shadow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people also save along with passports in the poem "Passports"?

2. What did the speaker's mother used to say in the poem "Blizzard"?

3. How many eyes does the drone have in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

4. What is one of the problems with the body in the poem "Shadow"?

5. Who is the speaker concerned about in the poem "Blizzard"?

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