Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Neither Out Far Nor in Deep? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. The people all looking one way along the sand immediately brings to mind issues dealing with which theme?
life, consciousness, and existence
mortality
sorrow
versions of reality
Q. The rhetorical question that ends the poem makes us consider man's nature and his
love
foolishness and folly
mortality
spirituality
Q. The standing gull is the best example to reflect what theme?
society and class
inertia
truth
transformation
Q. Looking at the sea all day makes us consider the ways we understand issues of which theme?
language
life, consciousness, and existence
nature
masculinity
Q. The fact that the people cannot look out far and cannot look in deep makes us consider man's what?
perseverance
time
versions of reality
foolishness and folly