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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the watch cut down in "Ode to a Watch at Night"?
(a) An old house.
(b) A building.
(c) A tree.
(d) A rough grassland.

2. What does the poet ask in the beginning of "Autumn Testament"?
(a) To live or to fly.
(b) To seek help or to try alone.
(c) To die or not to die.
(d) To move or to stay.

3. What does the poet say about the sea at the end of "The Sea"?
(a) That death comes to all.
(b) That water heals all.
(c) That it is movement.
(d) That it is gone.

4. What is listed in "The Names"?
(a) Names the poet has given himself.
(b) Names of women the poet has loved.
(c) Names of cities.
(d) Names of the poet's friends.

5. In "Ode to the Storm," what are the storm's eyes like?
(a) Empty holes.
(b) Hot rocks.
(c) Rough waves.
(d) Cold fire.

6. Why do the clothes in "Ode to Clothes" wait?
(a) To turn into humans.
(b) To be useful.
(c) To be taken off.
(d) To be thrown away.

7. Where does the mermaid go after leaving the bar in "Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks"?
(a) Into the ocean.
(b) Into the river.
(c) To one of the drunk's houses.
(d) To another bar.

8. How doe the poet say he discovered the story of "Furious Struggle Between Seamen and an Octopus of Colossal Size"?
(a) He found it in a dream.
(b) He ran into the seamen one day.
(c) He read it it a journal he found.
(d) He made it up himself.

9. In "Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks," what do the drunks do to the mermaid?
(a) Laugh at her.
(b) Spit at her.
(c) Put her back in the water.
(d) Help her find a seat.

10. In "House," what does the poet say existed before the earth?
(a) Stars and sun.
(b) Moon and stone.
(c) Water and air.
(d) God and faith.

11. In "Not Alone the Albatross," what does the poet say about the albatross?
(a) That it isn't the only sacred bird.
(b) That it is the most holy bird.
(c) That it is fine to kill this bird.
(d) That it is his favorite bird.

12. In "Religion in the East," what makes the poet question religion?
(a) Reading the Bible.
(b) Exposure to many gods.
(c) Living in Japan.
(d) Meeting a female priestess.

13. In "The Portrait in the Rock," what do the police do to the poet's friend?
(a) They beat him.
(b) They hire him.
(c) The rescue him.
(d) They arrest him.

14. In "Fear," what does the poet complain about?
(a) His lack of money.
(b) Never finding love.
(c) Being afraid of his future.
(d) People telling him what to do.

15. In "Religion in the East," what type of man does the poet say created religion?
(a) A feeble man.
(b) A devoted man.
(c) A crazy man.
(d) A smart man.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Night in Isla Negra," what does the poet watch?

2. In "The Sea," what is the essence of the sea?

3. In "The Word," where does the poet say the word is born?

4. Where does the poet look for birds in "Birdwatching Ode"?

5. Who does the poet address in "Poet's Obligation"?

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