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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In lines 4-8 of "Tang," who does the poet describe?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Musicians.

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

4. In "They Come For the Islands," who witnesses the destruction of the island?
(a) The children.
(b) The gods.
(c) The women.
(d) The soldiers.

5. In "Brussels," what does the poet say moves too quickly?
(a) His life.
(b) Trains.
(c) Technology.
(d) His faith.

6. 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.

7. In stanza 4 of "Battle of the Jarama River," what is said about the river?
(a) It cannot be conquered.
(b) It knows the truth.
(c) It will never flow again.
(d) It is stained forever.

8. What emotion is detailed in the beginning of "Ars Poetica"?
(a) Rage.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.

9. What makes the school of fish unique in "The Fish and the Drowned Man"?
(a) It is very large.
(b) It is made up of many types of fish.
(c) It include men.
(d) It is very small.

10. What is Rapa Nui in "Rapa Nui"?
(a) An island.
(b) A group of natives.
(c) A book.
(d) A major city.

11. After recounting a sexual experience in "Furies and Sufferings," what does the poet do?
(a) End the poem.
(b) Start a new story.
(c) Curse.
(d) Ask questions.

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

13. 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 will exist after he dies.
(d) If the statues built themselves.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of "Pact (Sonata)," what does the poet ask?

3. What does the poet relate the woman's body to in "Body of a Woman"?

4. In "Love, America (1400)," what does the poet say America has no word for?

5. In "Oceanic South," what does the poet have left?

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