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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sea | The Builder | Past.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the creature play with in "Every Day you Play"?
(a) Light.
(b) Water.
(c) The moon.
(d) Humans.

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

3. In "The Lion," what is wrong with the lion's claws?
(a) They are missing.
(b) They are cursed.
(c) They are idle.
(d) They are broken.

4. In "House," what does the poet say existed before the earth?
(a) Stars and sun.
(b) God and faith.
(c) Water and air.
(d) Moon and stone.

5. In "Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks," what do the drunks do to the mermaid?
(a) Put her back in the water.
(b) Spit at her.
(c) Help her find a seat.
(d) Laugh at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Waltz," what does the poet say to not expect to find?

2. What does the storm teach the weak in "Ode to the Storm"?

3. At the end of "A Soldier Sleeps," what does God realize?

4. In "The Way Spain Was," what does the poet say has affected Spain?

5. In "The Great Ocean," why does the poet say people cannot harm the ocean?

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