Footnotes:

Question

1. Avow (verb) to assert or confess openly

2. Deem (verb) to judge or consider in a specific way

Question 1
1. The speaker parts from someone who believes the speaker's life has been lived like a dream.(1 point)
Responses

True
True

False
False
Question 2
2. In stanza 1, the speaker implies that what we see may not be real.(1 point)
Responses

True
True

False
False
Question 3
3. What is the speaker unable to keep?(1 point)
Responses

the waves
the waves

the grains of sand
the grains of sand

the sound of the ocean
the sound of the ocean

his dreams
his dreams
Question 4
4. PART A: Which sentence best describes a theme of the poem?(1 point)
Responses

Nothing in life is permanent.
Nothing in life is permanent.

It is important to hold on to your dreams.
It is important to hold on to your dreams.

Our loved ones usually leave us.
Our loved ones usually leave us.

We cannot slow the passage of time.

Answer 1

Here are the responses based on your questions and the context provided:

Question 1:

1. The speaker parts from someone who believes the speaker's life has been lived like a dream.
   Response: True

Question 2:
2. In stanza 1, the speaker implies that what we see may not be real.
Response: True

Question 3:
3. What is the speaker unable to keep?
Response: the grains of sand

Question 4:
4. PART A: Which sentence best describes a theme of the poem?
Response: Nothing in life is permanent.

Please adjust any specific responses based on further context from the poem if necessary.