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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Ode with a Lament," when does the poet realize he is too old for the woman?
(a) When he looks in a mirror.
(b) When he sees her up close.
(c) When she tells him.
(d) When he falls asleep early.

2. How is Marisol described in "Every Day you Play"?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Happy.

3. What does the poet compare his lover to in "I Have Gone Marking"?
(a) A bird.
(b) A car.
(c) A book.
(d) A map.

4. How does the poet immortalize himself in "Signifying Shadows"?
(a) Through prayer.
(b) Through writing.
(c) By taking pictures of himself.
(d) He says he can't immortalize himself.

5. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet say he resembles when he loves?
(a) A moon.
(b) The sun.
(c) Stars.
(d) Clouds.

6. In "Waltz," what does the poet say to not expect to find?
(a) Justice from the government.
(b) Him as he used to be.
(c) Love as it is meant to be.
(d) War in times of peace.

7. What does the poet consider in "Sonata and Destructions"?
(a) His career.
(b) His death.
(c) His wealth.
(d) His birth.

8. At the end of "The Builders of Statues," what does the poet consider?
(a) If the statues are a hallucination.
(b) If he can build a statue.
(c) If the statues built themselves.
(d) If the statues will exist after he dies.

9. Why are the oxen red in "Bleak System"?
(a) They are newborns.
(b) They have been painted.
(c) They are bloody.
(d) The poet is hallucinating.

10. In "Unity," what does the poet say humans share a unity with?
(a) The world.
(b) Each other.
(c) Music.
(d) Animals.

11. How many parts does the poet break "The Heights of Macchu Picchu" into?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

12. In "The Way into Wood," what does the poet say about apologies?
(a) That they hurt more than help.
(b) That they should come only from men.
(c) That they mean nothing.
(d) That they are always late.

13. What leads to Magellan's end in "The Magellan Heart"?
(a) An angry group of natives.
(b) A mysterious illness.
(c) His own discoveries.
(d) A woman.

14. At the end of "Dream Horses," what does the poet wish for?
(a) To record his dreams.
(b) To trade dreams with someone else.
(c) To stop having dreams.
(d) To live dreams.

15. In "Absence of Joaquin," what defines the friend?
(a) His wife.
(b) His money.
(c) His education.
(d) His death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "black days" in "Bleak System"?

2. In "The Way Spain Was," what does the poet say has affected Spain?

3. What type of flower is the sudden flower in "The Poet"?

4. In the beginning of "Entrance of the Rivers," what is the river called?

5. What does "Weak with the Dawn" question?

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