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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the visitor's mood in "House Guest"?
(a) Hopeless.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Comical.
(d) Pleasant.

2. What is the subject of the three poems in Rainy Season; Sub Tropics?
(a) Animals in the rain.
(b) Vegetation in the rain.
(c) Bodies of water in the rain.
(d) Houses in the rain.

3. What Bible story is alluded to in "Santarem?"
(a) The Garden of Eden.
(b) David and Goliath.
(c) Abraham and Isaac.
(d) The birth of Jesus.

4. 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 celebrates her.
(c) She sees her as old-fashioned.
(d) She finds her recipes bland.

5. In "Pleasure Seas," what do those on the shore, in the plane, or on the yacht have in common?
(a) They understand that the ocean is complex.
(b) They are safe from the dangers of the ocean.
(c) They have a better appreciation of the ocean than those in the swimming pool.
(d) They can't really appreciate the ocean.

6. What two things does the poem "Pleasure Seas" compare?
(a) The ocean and a brook.
(b) The ocean and a river.
(c) The ocean and a swimming pool.
(d) The ocean and a bathtub.

7. In "My Last Poem," what does Bandeira hope his last poem will be like?
(a) An unexplained suicide.
(b) A suicide note.
(c) Dying while asleep.
(d) A will.

8. Who is the philosopher referenced in "The Wit"?
(a) Copernicus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Newton.
(d) Socrates.

9. Who is the angel in "Patience of an Angel"?
(a) Cupid.
(b) A child.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Gabriel.

10. In "The Mountain," what does the mountain want to know?
(a) Why it feels so much older than it is.
(b) Why time is so important to people.
(c) Whether the world was better before there were people.
(d) How old it is.

11. What memory does the toad in "Giant Toad" recall?
(a) Being forced to smoke a cigarette.
(b) Being left in someone's bed.
(c) Being dropped in someone's soup.
(d) Being chased.

12. What do the poems in Youth deal with?
(a) Childhood.
(b) Life cycles.
(c) Adolescence.
(d) Nature.

13. Where is the poet located as she composes "The Moose"?
(a) A train in Alaska.
(b) A bus in Canada.
(c) A bus in Alaska.
(d) A train in Canada.

14. When was the Fannie Farmer Cookbook first published?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1916.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet do with items on her desk in "12 O'Clock News"?

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

3. How is the poet's perspective in Uncollected Poems different from that in her other poems?

4. For what was Fannie Farmer, as portrayed in "Lines Written in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook," most famous?

5. In "Lullaby for the Cat," what does the cat not want to do?

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