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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 "Tonight I can Write," what does the poet say he could write?
(a) The truth.
(b) Sad lines.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A novel.

2. What are the "black days" in "Bleak System"?
(a) Death.
(b) Being in love.
(c) When the poet was ill.
(d) A time of war.

3. Why does the poet say he wrote "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?
(a) To explain his politics.
(b) To answer the readers' questions.
(c) To restart his writing career.
(d) To avoid being fired.

4. In "Ode with a Lament," when does the poet realize he is too old for the woman?
(a) When he sees her up close.
(b) When he looks in a mirror.
(c) When he falls asleep early.
(d) When she tells him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the poet describe the guitar in "Tang"?

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

3. What color is evoked in the beginning of "Serenade"?

4. In "Nocturnal Statutes," what does reality differ from?

5. In "Oceanic South," what does the poet have left?

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