At the end of “Blind,” why is the woman unable to read even though she can now see?

She is too busy dancing on a hillside.

In “The Blind Seer of Ambon,” what has happened to the speaker’s wife and daughter?

They abandoned him when he went blind.

They died trying to save his research and drawings.

In these lines from “The Blind Seer of Ambon,” what two things does the figurative language compare? I take a shell in my hand new to itself and to me I feel the thinness the warmth and the cold I listen to the water which is the story welling up

the shell and the speaker’s hand

In these lines from “The Blind Seer of Ambon,” what sort of theme do the analogies most clearly help convey? Then I saw that the flowers themselves were gone they were indeed gone I saw that my wife was gone then I saw that my daughter was gone afterward my eyes themselves were gone

a theme about the loss of treasured things

a theme about the wonders of the natural world

a theme about the need for endurance

a theme about the value of memories

In these lines from “On His Blindness,” what does the imagery best help to convey? In the fullness of the years, like it or not, a luminous mist surrounds me, unvarying, that breaks things down into a single thing, colorless, formless. Almost into a thought.

the half-light that is all that the speaker now sees

the weather conditions in which the speaker finds himself

the speaker’s faded physical appearance in old age

the speaker’s worn-out thinking processes

In these lines from “On His Blindness,” what idea does the speaker suggest most clearly through his use of juxtaposition? The elemental, vast night and the day teeming with people have become that fog of constant, tentative light that does not flag, and lies in wait at dawn. …

The differences of night and day are indistinguishable because of the speaker’s blindness.

Night is a time of fear, but day is a time of joy.

Night is a time of spiritual awareness, but day is a time of social interaction.

The speaker’s impressions of night and day have not changed even though he is now blind.

According to the speaker, how does the poem’s main character (“she”) gain the sense of sight?

The speaker could see after her surgery

After she regains her sight, what does she find missing from the world?

She finds her own ignorance missing from the world.

What happens to the speaker’s houses?

The speaker's houses were destroyed in an earthquake.

Whom does the speaker lose?

The speaker loses his wife and daughter.

What does the speaker long to see just once?

The speaker longs to see a human face.

Having lost sight, what does the speaker still have?

Other than a sense of sight, the speaker had "a colorless, formless luminous mist." He also has words.

“Blind”; “The Blind Seer of Ambon”; “On His Blindness”

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Through years of practice and dedication, he managed to ………… the boundaries of his
own limitations.

The light-sensitive cells in the ……….. allowed her to perceive the vibrant colors of the
world.

With a ………… smile, he approached the podium to deliver his speech.

She felt a surge of emotion ……………. within her as she watched the sunset over the
ocean.

The …………… importance was placed on maintaining the integrity of the ancient artifact.

The stars in the night sky were so bright and …………., they seemed to twinkle with
celestial magic.

He never expected to feel so deeply ……………….. by someone he trusted implicitly.

The philosopher pondered the ……………… nature of existence and the universe.

Despite the grueling ……. of his daily labor, he found solace in the simplicity of his.

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The light-sensitive cells in the ……….. allowed her to perceive the vibrant colors of theworld.

With a ………… smile, he approached the podium to deliver his speech.

She felt a surge of emotion ……………. within her as she watched the sunset over theocean.

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The stars in the night sky were so bright and …………., they seemed to twinkle withcelestial magic.

He never expected to feel so deeply ……………….. by someone he trusted implicitly.

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