View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 6, whose statue were they putting up?
(a) St. Peter.
(b) St. Francis.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) St. Christopher.

2. In Poem 15, what does a poet climb onto of his own making?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A high wire.
(c) A building.
(d) A castle.

3. What is in the bathtubs in Poem 2?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Eagles.

4. In Poem 12, where did he hound the leaded ground?
(a) Into oblivion.
(b) Into the future.
(c) Into the distance.
(d) Into the night.

5. What can never fade into a money-losing nothingness in Poem 10?
(a) Love.
(b) Truth.
(c) Death.
(d) Beauty.

6. In what month does Poem 20 take place, when the poet first falls in love?
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) July.
(d) November.

7. The man in Poem 8 is carrying an old beat-up what?
(a) Umbrella.
(b) Flower.
(c) Flute.
(d) Shawl.

8. What do the "falcons of the inner eye" do in Poem 11?
(a) Sing and cry.
(b) Scream and die.
(c) Dive and die.
(d) Dance and cry.

9. What is the Widder Fogliani otherwise known as?
(a) Bella Sara.
(b) Bella Gloria.
(c) Bella Donna.
(d) Bella Lana.

10. What is the repeated refrain in Poem 27?
(a) Dove sta amore.
(b) C'est amore.
(c) Il vueno amore.
(d) Dolce amore.

11. What park is referred to in Poem 8?
(a) St. Lawrence.
(b) Golden Gate.
(c) Chiminy.
(d) St. Francis.

12. In Poem 1, the author writes that in the paintings of Goya we see the people of the world when "they first attained the title of" what?
(a) Solemn silence.
(b) Suffering humanity.
(c) Brilliant adversity.
(d) Joyous humanity.

13. In Poem 6, what wouldn't sing where the statue was being erected?
(a) Birds.
(b) Girls.
(c) Choirs.
(d) Angels.

14. In Poem 1, the author writes of false windmills and _____ roosters.
(a) Crying.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Demented.

15. From where will the carpenter not come down in Poem 5?
(a) His tree.
(b) His throne.
(c) His cross.
(d) His mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what expression does the woman look at the man in Poem 8?

2. What kind of two-step does the poet write about in Poem 9?

3. In Poem 21, from the other side of what do the green birds sing?

4. In Poem 7, the poet writes, "What could she say to the fantastic _____

5. What does the poet do with all the old ladies in Poem 18?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 354 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample