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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section X: Name in Uphill Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What place is the speaker trying to avoid in "One-Way Ticket"?
(a) His mother's house.
(b) His girlfriend's house.
(c) The South.
(d) The police station.

2. In "Water-Front Streets," where does the speaker claim to carry "beauties"?
(a) In his mind and soul.
(b) In his photo album.
(c) In his diary.
(d) In his heart and dreams.

3. What does the speaker claim is such a bore in "Ennui"?
(a) Chores.
(b) Being poor.
(c) Snores.
(d) Stores.

4. What language, other than English, is used in the poem "Havana Dreams"?
(a) Russian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Gaelic.
(d) Creole.

5. What inanimate object speaks in "Heaven"?
(a) Waterfalls.
(b) Books.
(c) Trees.
(d) Stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is curved beneath Big Boy's arm in "Catch"?

2. Where is the dream a cocktail at in "Havana Dreams"?

3. What is all that a snail knows in "Snail"?

4. What is the Indian merchantman doing in "Seascape"?

5. What country is NOT mentioned in any of the poems in "Sea and Land"?

(see the answer key)

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