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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first part of Three Valentines depict?
(a) That love is rare.
(b) That only people rarely fall in love.
(c) That people and animals fall in love.
(d) That only animals fall in love.

2. What does the poet do with items on her desk in "12 O'Clock News"?
(a) She hides them around the room for a child to find.
(b) She writes news stories about them.
(c) She re-arranges them while watching the news.
(d) She writes stories in which they come to life.

3. Of the Spanish poems Bishop translated, which is the most poetic?
(a) "The Key of Water."
(b) "Objects & Apparitions."
(c) "Along Galeana Street."
(d) "The Grove."

4. How does the character distinguish himself from others with the same name?
(a) He associates his name with his character traits.
(b) He associates his name with specific facts about his life.
(c) He changes his name.
(d) He uses a nickname.

5. How does nature celebrate the birth of a baby in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino'"?
(a) The rain stops.
(b) The rain starts.
(c) The tide does not come in.
(d) The tide does not go out.

6. Who are the Biblical personages referenced in "The Wit"?
(a) Eve and Moses.
(b) Eve and Abraham.
(c) Adam and Moses.
(d) Adam and Eve.

7. What are on the porch in "Sunday at Key West"?
(a) Beach chairs.
(b) Plants.
(c) Rocking chairs.
(d) Bicycles.

8. Who is the author of the Four Sambas?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Anonymous.
(c) Marianne Moore.
(d) Octavio Paz.

9. In "Lines Written in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook," what is the poet's attitude toward Fannie Farmer?
(a) She finds her recipes unhealthy.
(b) She finds her recipes bland.
(c) She celebrates her.
(d) She sees her as old-fashioned.

10. What is the symbolic meaning of "Pleasure Seas"?
(a) Civilization cannot exist without nature.
(b) Nature is outside the realm of man's understanding.
(c) Nature is wild, while man is more civilized.
(d) Man has imposed civilization on nature.

11. What are two poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade?
(a) "Two-Sided Poem" and "Don't Hang Yourself."
(b) "Seven-Sided Poem" and "Don't Kill Yourself."
(c) "Seven-Sided Poem" and "Don't Commit Suicide."
(d) "Five-Sided Poem" and "Don't Stab Yourself."

12. What does "The Wit" describe?
(a) A moment of laughter.
(b) A moment of sarcasm.
(c) A practical joke.
(d) A highly intelligent person.

13. How does Bishop begin the section Geography III?
(a) With basic lessons and questions about geography.
(b) With a list of places.
(c) With a poem about a map.
(d) With a map.

14. Who wrote "Cemetery of Childhood" and "Elegy for Maria Alves"?
(a) Vinicius de Moraes.
(b) Manuel Bandeira.
(c) Joaquim Cardozo.
(d) Joao Cabral de Melo Neto.

15. To what does the poet liken the ocean in "Pleasure Seas"?
(a) A ballroom.
(b) A fiesta.
(c) A garden.
(d) A wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the characters in Rainy Season; Sub-Tropics symbolize?

2. What does the poet explore in "For C.W.B."?

3. What is the subject of "Objects & Apparitions"?

4. What experience does the reader gain from the poems in Translations?

5. What does Bishop remember in "Santarem"?

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