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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Spite of Wrath | Education of the Chieftain | Gold | The Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Absence of Joaquin," what defines the friend?
(a) His education.
(b) His death.
(c) His money.
(d) His wife.

2. What do all the people in "Lone Gentleman" do in the first lines of the poem?
(a) Drink wine.
(b) Fall in love.
(c) Greet each other.
(d) Take a vacation.

3. How does the poet describe the guitar in "Tang"?
(a) Loud but weak.
(b) Broken but valuable.
(c) Silent but powerful.
(d) Empty but full.

4. At the end of "A Soldier Sleeps," what does God realize?
(a) He can't fight with the soldier.
(b) He can't wake the soldier up.
(c) He can't move the soldier.
(d) He can't become a soldier.

5. Where does God in "A Soldier Sleeps" say the soldier is from?
(a) Europe.
(b) The flames.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Death Alone," what does the poet first describe?

2. In "Ah Vastness of Pines," what geographic feature does the poet describe in the first four lines?

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

4. Which is the father river in "Entrance of the Rivers"?

5. What do the bells in "Autumn Returns" mean?

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