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1
All of the following are true about Seamus Heaney EXCEPT:
A)He was born in Ireland.
B)He was born in New York City.
C)He won the Nobel Prize in 1995.
D)His poems often deal with nature.
E)His poems often deal with history and politics.
2
"Digging":
A)Takes its title from 1960s hippie jargon
B)Has a speaker reflecting upon his family
C)Contains a scene of shocking violence
D)All of the above
E)None of the above
3
What is the poetic technique in "Digging" that has the words "squelch," "slap," and "soggy" in close proximity?
A)Anapest
B)Aside
C)Aubade
D)Alliteration
E)Allegory
4
What two objects are compared metaphorically in "Digging"?
A)A pen and a gun
B)A pen and a shovel
C)A pen and paper
D)A gun and a shovel
E)A shovel and a spade
5
"Digging":
A)Has a distracting rhyme scheme
B)Is a ballad
C)Contains many anachronisms
D)Is written in a tight closed form
E)None of the above







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