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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In "The Moose," why are the people's reactions to the moose surprising?
(a) They act like they have never seen a moose.
(b) They are overly frantic.
(c) They are overly calm.
(d) They have never heard of a moose.
2. Where might the visitor go next in "The House Guest"?
(a) A mental hospital.
(b) Paris.
(c) A convent.
(d) Military school.
3. Of the Spanish poems Bishop translated, which is the most poetic?
(a) "Along Galeana Street."
(b) "The Grove."
(c) "The Key of Water."
(d) "Objects & Apparitions."
4. What are two poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade?
(a) "Seven-Sided Poem" and "Don't Kill Yourself."
(b) "Five-Sided Poem" and "Don't Stab Yourself."
(c) "Seven-Sided Poem" and "Don't Commit Suicide."
(d) "Two-Sided Poem" and "Don't Hang Yourself."
5. In "Pleasure Seas," what do those on the shore, in the plane, or on the yacht have in common?
(a) They can't really appreciate the ocean.
(b) They understand that the ocean is complex.
(c) They are safe from the dangers of the ocean.
(d) They have a better appreciation of the ocean than those in the swimming pool.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is common of many of the translated poems based in and around Brazil?
2. Where did the poem "Sunday at Key West" originally appear?
3. What does "The Wit" describe?
4. What does the poet explore in "For C.W.B."?
5. In what format are the poems in Rainy Season; Sub Tropics written?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Max Jacobs' "Hell Is Graduated" change in the course of the poem?
2. What do the various animals symbolize in "A Word with You"?
3. What does the poet mean by the line "We are too innocent and wise" in "The Wave"?
4. How does the location in "Santarem" parallel the Garden of Eden?
5. What do the hats come to symbolize in "Exchanging Hats"?
6. Which stanza in section XIV of "From 'The Death and Life of a Severino'" seems different from the others?
7. What is the moral Bishop puts forth in "Thank-You Note"?
8. From what perspective is the story of "The Hanging of the Mouse" told?
9. In Carlos Drummond de Andrade's "Infancy," why does the author refer to Robinson Crusoe as "the long story that never comes to an end"?
10. What was the political situation that inspired "The Hanging of the Mouse"?
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