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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 color is evoked in the beginning of "Serenade"?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Purple.
(d) Red.

2. In "Nocturnal Collection," what does the poet say he conquered?
(a) Women.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Dreams.

3. What makes the school of fish unique in "The Fish and the Drowned Man"?
(a) It include men.
(b) It is very large.
(c) It is very small.
(d) It is made up of many types of fish.

4. In "Battle of the Jarama River," who are the river's people?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The French.
(d) The English.

5. In the last ten lines of "Death Alone," what object does the poet connect to death?
(a) A sink.
(b) A bed.
(c) A pot.
(d) A broom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet say about mistakes in "Ode to the Book"?

2. At the end of "The Builders of Statues," what does the poet consider?

3. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?

4. What flows like a tide in "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?

5. What emotion is detailed in the beginning of "Ars Poetica"?

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