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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bleak System | Sonata and Destructions | The Night of the Soldier | Nocturnal Statutes.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet say he resembles when he loves?
(a) A moon.
(b) Stars.
(c) The sun.
(d) Clouds.

3. In "Ah Vastness of Pines," what geographic feature does the poet describe in the first four lines?
(a) A river.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A plain.
(d) A mountain range.

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

5. In "Nocturnal Statutes," what does reality differ from?
(a) Love.
(b) Death.
(c) School.
(d) Dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rules does the poet say exist for human creativity in "Nocturnal Statutes"?

2. In "Alliance (Sonata)," what time of day is it?

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

4. At the end of "Dream Horses," what does the poet wish for?

5. What are the "black days" in "Bleak System"?

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