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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 does the poet compare his lover to in "I Have Gone Marking"?
(a) A book.
(b) A bird.
(c) A car.
(d) A map.

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

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

4. At the end of "Dream Horses," what does the poet wish for?
(a) To live dreams.
(b) To record his dreams.
(c) To trade dreams with someone else.
(d) To stop having dreams.

5. What does the poet relate the woman's body to in "Body of a Woman"?
(a) Scientific discovery.
(b) The earth.
(c) Literature.
(d) The heavens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the poet feel about the prostitute in "The Night of the Soldier"?

3. How are riders described in "Dream Horses"?

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

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

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