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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Love, America (1400) | Some Beasts | Entrance of the Rivers | The Heights of Macchu Picchu.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Marisol described in "Every Day you Play"?
(a) Excited.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

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

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

5. In "Barcarole," what is the red arrow?
(a) A sword.
(b) Love.
(c) Hateful talk.
(d) A tongue.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Tonight I can Write," how does the poet say he feels?

2. In "Body of a Woman," what does the poet say he will persist in?

3. What flows like a tide in "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?

4. At the end of "Some Beasts," what do the animals wait for?

5. In "Tonight I can Write," what does the poet say he could write?

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