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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. Why does the poet say he wrote "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?
(a) To explain his politics.
(b) To answer the readers' questions.
(c) To restart his writing career.
(d) To avoid being fired.

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

3. At the end of "The Builders of Statues," what does the poet consider?
(a) If the statues are a hallucination.
(b) If the statues built themselves.
(c) If he can build a statue.
(d) If the statues will exist after he dies.

4. What flows like a tide in "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?
(a) Warring soldiers.
(b) His sould.
(c) The blood of Spain.
(d) The rivers in France.

5. In the beginning of "Wine," what does the speaker want to do?
(a) Party.
(b) Pray.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In stanza 4 of "Battle of the Jarama River," what is said about the river?

2. What does the poet say is buried in the sand in "Rapa Nui"?

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

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

5. What color is evoked in the beginning of "Serenade"?

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