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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "We Are Many," why can't the poet decide who he is?
(a) He lets women decide who he is.
(b) He has many voices.
(c) He never looks in mirrors.
(d) He feels different every day.

2. What is the house in "House"?
(a) The poet's body.
(b) The earth.
(c) The poet's apartment.
(d) The poet's parents' house.

3. Where is Tocopilla located in "The Brutalized Birds"?
(a) Spain.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Chile.

4. What does the poet say will happen if people stop naming in "Too Many Names"?
(a) Everything will blur together.
(b) People will descend into chaos.
(c) God will return to give new names.
(d) Everything will be the same.

5. In "Too Many Names," where does the poet say names are from?
(a) Countries.
(b) Hell.
(c) The earth.
(d) Parents.

6. In "Bestiary," what does the poet call the spider?
(a) A woman.
(b) A villian.
(c) A crusader.
(d) An engineer.

7. What are the windows on the houses like in "The Pension on the Calle Maruri"?
(a) Full of children's faces.
(b) Broken.
(c) Lighted brightly.
(d) Blank.

8. In "Poetry," how does the poet say poetry found him?
(a) It came to him in a dream.
(b) It was in a classroom.
(c) It was on his bookshelf.
(d) It touched him.

9. What does the storm teach the weak in "Ode to the Storm"?
(a) To fear.
(b) To sleep.
(c) To be brave.
(d) To sing.

10. In "The Builder," where does the poet travel to?
(a) The United States.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The coast.
(d) Europe.

11. In "Tides," what makes the poet's skeleton?
(a) Waves.
(b) Salt.
(c) Sun.
(d) Pain.

12. What do the men do with the figurehead when they first find it in "To a Ship's Figurehead"?
(a) They take it home.
(b) The put it back in front of the boat.
(c) The bring it on the boat.
(d) They place it on the sand.

13. What does the watch cut down in "Ode to a Watch at Night"?
(a) A tree.
(b) A rough grassland.
(c) An old house.
(d) A building.

14. What does the poet say about the sea at the end of "The Sea"?
(a) That death comes to all.
(b) That water heals all.
(c) That it is movement.
(d) That it is gone.

15. How old is the poet in the beginning of "The Watersong Ends"?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Builder," what does the poet say he will build his likeness from?

2. In "House," what does the poet say existed before the earth?

3. Where is the pearl in "The Long Day Called Thursday"?

4. What keeps the figurehead with the men at the end of the poem in "To a Ship's Figurehead"?

5. What does the poet say to the marine night in "The Marine Night"?

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