Pablo Neruda: Selected Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Pablo Neruda: Selected Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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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," what is built after the holocaust?
(a) Towers.
(b) Universities.
(c) Bridges.
(d) Statues.

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

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

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

5. In "Nocturnal Collection," what does the poet say he conquered?
(a) Women.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Dreams.

6. At the end of "A Soldier Sleeps," what does God realize?
(a) He can't become a soldier.
(b) He can't move the soldier.
(c) He can't wake the soldier up.
(d) He can't fight with the soldier.

7. Where does God in "A Soldier Sleeps" say the soldier is from?
(a) The flames.
(b) Europe.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The sea.

8. In the beginning of "Ode with a Lament," what does the poet say the woman is ready for?
(a) To be drank.
(b) To be broken.
(c) To be held.
(d) To be kissed.

9. At the end of "Tonight I can Write," how does the poet say he feels?
(a) Pleased.
(b) Confused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Entertained.

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

11. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet cast sad nets toward?
(a) A city.
(b) A pile of money.
(c) An open heart.
(d) A pair of eyes.

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

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

14. In "Barcarole," what is the red arrow?
(a) Hateful talk.
(b) A tongue.
(c) A sword.
(d) Love.

15. In "The Wave," what does the poet describe as being a flower?
(a) The entire ocean.
(b) A man in a boat.
(c) The wave.
(d) A fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. When describing things in "Autumn Returns," what does the poet focus on?

2. In "Rain," what does the poet say the shore loves?

3. At the end of "Barcarole," who does the poet say won't listen to him?

4. What is Antarctica called in "Antarctic"?

5. What is Rapa Nui in "Rapa Nui"?

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