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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet say he used to be called in "Fiesta's End"?
(a) Pablo.
(b) Friend.
(c) Mister.
(d) Father.

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

3. How long does the poet say the day will last in "The Long Day Called Thursday"?
(a) All year.
(b) He can't tell.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) Until tomorrow.

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

5. At the end of "Fiesta's End," what does the poet declare?
(a) I am here.
(b) I am born.
(c) I was nothing.
(d) I will come again.

6. What is listed in "The Names"?
(a) Names the poet has given himself.
(b) Names of cities.
(c) Names of women the poet has loved.
(d) Names of the poet's friends.

7. What keeps the figurehead with the men at the end of the poem in "To a Ship's Figurehead"?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) The pieces that broke off of her.
(c) Paintings of her.
(d) Her history.

8. In "Ode to Cesar Vallejo," what does the poet compare Cesar Vallejo's face to?
(a) A gravestone.
(b) A pillow.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A waterfall.

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

10. In "We Are Many," who does the poet talk to when he calls for the fireman?
(a) An elderly man.
(b) A fireman's wife.
(c) A fireman.
(d) An arsonist.

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

12. In "Ode to a Watch at Night," what does the watch sound like?
(a) A dog barking.
(b) A beating heart.
(c) An ocean wave.
(d) A crying baby.

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

14. In "Not Alone the Albatross," what does the poet say about the albatross?
(a) That it is the most holy bird.
(b) That it is fine to kill this bird.
(c) That it isn't the only sacred bird.
(d) That it is his favorite bird.

15. In "Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks," what do the drunks do to the mermaid?
(a) Put her back in the water.
(b) Laugh at her.
(c) Help her find a seat.
(d) Spit at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Religion in the East," what makes the poet question religion?

2. Why does the poet make funeral arrangements in "And How Long?"

3. In "Poetry," how does the poet say poetry found him?

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

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

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