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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "In Spite of Wrath," the light comes in spite of what?
(a) Animals.
(b) Men.
(c) Terror.
(d) Daggars.

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

3. What does the chief in "Education of the Chieftain" make himself?
(a) A god.
(b) Forcefulness.
(c) Velocity.
(d) A worker.

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

5. In "Battle of the Jarama River," who are the river's people?
(a) The English.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The French.
(d) The Spanish.

6. At the end of "Some Beasts," what do the animals wait for?
(a) A flood.
(b) Their prey.
(c) Their deaths.
(d) A savior.

7. What type of flower is the sudden flower in "The Poet"?
(a) A rose.
(b) A carnation.
(c) A lily.
(d) A tulip.

8. What does the poet see in the ocean in "Oceanic South"?
(a) A shipwreck.
(b) A ray of light.
(c) A school of fish.
(d) A lonely island.

9. In "Body of a Woman," what does the poet say he will persist in?
(a) Her grace.
(b) Bodily pain.
(c) His faith.
(d) The truth.

10. In the last ten lines of "Death Alone," what object does the poet connect to death?
(a) A pot.
(b) A bed.
(c) A sink.
(d) A broom.

11. How does Almagro conquer the land in "Discoverers of Chile"?
(a) With faith.
(b) With fire.
(c) With steel.
(d) With men.

12. In "Love, America (1400)," what does the poet say America has no word for?
(a) Thunder.
(b) Spain.
(c) Pain.
(d) War.

13. What does "Widower's Tango" resemble?
(a) A short story.
(b) A play.
(c) A letter.
(d) A dialogue.

14. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?
(a) Who will be left behind?
(b) What did he take with him?
(c) How did everyone react?
(d) Why do we question anything?

15. In "Alliance (Sonata)," what time of day is it?
(a) Early evening.
(b) Morning.
(c) Mid-afternoon.
(d) Late night.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the poet immortalize himself in "Signifying Shadows"?

2. Why does the poet say he wrote "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?

3. What is ruined at the end of "There's No Forgetting"?

4. In "Ah Vastness of Pines," what geographic feature does the poet describe in the first four lines?

5. In "Signifying Shadows," what is the poet's calling?

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