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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death Alone | Barcarole | Oceanic South | Walking Around.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Oceanic South," what does the poet have left?
(a) His friends.
(b) His imagination.
(c) His love.
(d) His writing.

2. Why are the oxen red in "Bleak System"?
(a) They are bloody.
(b) They are newborns.
(c) They have been painted.
(d) The poet is hallucinating.

3. In "Burial in the East," what does the poet say happens to the corpses before burial?
(a) They are covered with flowers.
(b) They are put in display in the public square.
(c) They are wrapped in white cloth.
(d) They are marched around town.

4. In "Unity," what does the poet say humans share a unity with?
(a) Music.
(b) Animals.
(c) Each other.
(d) The world.

5. What does the poet see in the ocean in "Oceanic South"?
(a) A school of fish.
(b) A shipwreck.
(c) A ray of light.
(d) A lonely island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it difficult to see in "Thinking, Tangling Shadows"?

2. At the end of "Barcarole," who does the poet say won't listen to him?

3. How does the poet immortalize himself in "Signifying Shadows"?

4. What do all the people in "Lone Gentleman" do in the first lines of the poem?

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

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