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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Ah Vastness of Pines," what geographic feature does the poet describe in the first four lines?
(a) A mountain range.
(b) A plain.
(c) A river.
(d) An ocean.

2. What does the poet relate the woman's body to in "Body of a Woman"?
(a) Scientific discovery.
(b) Literature.
(c) The earth.
(d) The heavens.

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

4. What color is evoked in the beginning of "Serenade"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Purple.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

5. What do all the people in "Lone Gentleman" do in the first lines of the poem?
(a) Fall in love.
(b) Greet each other.
(c) Drink wine.
(d) Take a vacation.

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

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

8. What does "Weak with the Dawn" question?
(a) Politics.
(b) Religion.
(c) Marriage.
(d) War.

9. At the end of "Education of the Chieftain," what does the chief become?
(a) Rich.
(b) Worthy.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Injured.

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

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

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

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

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

15. In "Burial in the East," what does the poet say happens to the corpses before burial?
(a) They are wrapped in white cloth.
(b) They are covered with flowers.
(c) They are marched around town.
(d) They are put in display in the public square.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the father river in "Entrance of the Rivers"?

2. What emotion is detailed in the beginning of "Ars Poetica"?

3. In "Tonight I can Write," what does the poet say he could write?

4. After recounting a sexual experience in "Furies and Sufferings," what does the poet do?

5. In "In Spite of Wrath," what is built after the holocaust?

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