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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Marine Night | Wine | Ode to a Fallen Chestnut | Ode to the Book.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet say the chestnut looks like in "Ode to a Fallen Chestnut"?
(a) A violin.
(b) A newborn baby.
(c) A gemstone.
(d) A seashell.

2. What does the poet say about mistakes in "Ode to the Book"?
(a) That they are for women.
(b) That they are necessary.
(c) That they are funny.
(d) That they are foolish.

3. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?
(a) Why do we question anything?
(b) How did everyone react?
(c) What did he take with him?
(d) Who will be left behind?

4. In the beginning of "The Great Ocean," what does the poet ask of Ocean?
(a) Love.
(b) Life.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Power.

5. In stanza 4 of "Battle of the Jarama River," what is said about the river?
(a) It is stained forever.
(b) It knows the truth.
(c) It will never flow again.
(d) It cannot be conquered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet say to the marine night in "The Marine Night"?

2. In "Oceanic South," what does the poet have left?

3. In "Nocturnal Collection," what does the poet say he conquered?

4. What does the poet compare dreaming to in "Nocturnal Collection"?

5. What makes the school of fish unique in "The Fish and the Drowned Man"?

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