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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the last ten lines of "Death Alone," what object does the poet connect to death?
(a) A pot.
(b) A sink.
(c) A bed.
(d) A broom.

2. What does "Weak with the Dawn" question?
(a) War.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

3. In "Rain," what are the Queen's hands compared to?
(a) Water.
(b) Ships.
(c) Roots.
(d) Flowers.

4. How many sections does "The Magellan Heart" have?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

5. In "Brussels," what does the poet say moves too quickly?
(a) Trains.
(b) Technology.
(c) His faith.
(d) His life.

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

7. 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.

8. When describing things in "Autumn Returns," what does the poet focus on?
(a) The way they smell.
(b) Their colors.
(c) The way they sound.
(d) Their textures.

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

10. What rules does the poet say exist for human creativity in "Nocturnal Statutes"?
(a) Work hard.
(b) No rules exist.
(c) Avoid copying someone else's work.
(d) You can't hurt others.

11. In "The Ships," what type of ships are described as being the worst?
(a) Sunken ships.
(b) Whaling ships.
(c) Empty ships.
(d) War ships.

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

13. At the end of "Barcarole," who does the poet say won't listen to him?
(a) God.
(b) A woman.
(c) A bird.
(d) A snake.

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

15. At the end of "The Builders of Statues," what does the poet consider?
(a) If the statues will exist after he dies.
(b) If the statues built themselves.
(c) If the statues are a hallucination.
(d) If he can build a statue.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of "Entrance of the Rivers," what is the river called?

2. In lines 4-8 of "Tang," who does the poet describe?

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

4. What does the chief in "Education of the Chieftain" make himself?

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

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