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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Loneliness | Memory | The Long Day Called Thursday.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the windows on the houses like in "The Pension on the Calle Maruri"?
(a) Broken.
(b) Full of children's faces.
(c) Blank.
(d) Lighted brightly.

3. What does the storm teach the weak in "Ode to the Storm"?
(a) To sing.
(b) To be brave.
(c) To sleep.
(d) To fear.

4. In the beginning of "Entrance of the Rivers," what is the river called?
(a) A wave to ride.
(b) A curer of disease.
(c) A home for people.
(d) A giver of life.

5. What does the poet say he used to be called in "Fiesta's End"?
(a) Friend.
(b) Father.
(c) Pablo.
(d) Mister.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Not Alone the Albatross," what does the poet say about the albatross?

2. What does the watch cut down in "Ode to a Watch at Night"?

3. What keeps the figurehead with the men at the end of the poem in "To a Ship's Figurehead"?

4. In "In Spite of Wrath," the light comes in spite of what?

5. At the end of "Pact (Sonata)," what does the poet ask?

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