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

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

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

4. Where does the poet look for birds in "Birdwatching Ode"?
(a) The shore.
(b) The forest.
(c) The desert.
(d) The park.

5. Who does the poet address in "Poet's Obligation"?
(a) People in jail.
(b) Agents of God.
(c) Women at home with their children.
(d) People not listening to the sea.

6. In "The Fisherman," where is the fisherman attacking fish?
(a) Off a small dock.
(b) In a rock pool.
(c) In the open ocean.
(d) On a river bank.

7. What does the poet ask in the beginning of "Autumn Testament"?
(a) To move or to stay.
(b) To seek help or to try alone.
(c) To live or to fly.
(d) To die or not to die.

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

9. Why do the clothes in "Ode to Clothes" wait?
(a) To be thrown away.
(b) To turn into humans.
(c) To be taken off.
(d) To be useful.

10. In "Ode to the Storm," what are the storm's eyes like?
(a) Hot rocks.
(b) Rough waves.
(c) Cold fire.
(d) Empty holes.

11. What color is the flag in "The Flag"?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

12. In "Fear," what does the poet complain about?
(a) Never finding love.
(b) His lack of money.
(c) People telling him what to do.
(d) Being afraid of his future.

13. In "Oh Earth, Wait for Me," where does the poet seek to return?
(a) To earth.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) The sun.

14. Why does the poet make funeral arrangements in "And How Long?"
(a) His doctor told him to.
(b) He wants to control his funeral arrangement.
(c) His friend died.
(d) He thinks he is dying.

15. What does the poet like to see the flag do in "The Flag"?
(a) Whip in the wind.
(b) Fly off the back of a boat.
(c) Hang on his wall.
(d) Be folded by the owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the house in "House"?

2. At the end of "Loneliness," what does Pablo Neruda say about himself?

3. Why does the poet make a list in "The Names"?

4. In "Wine," what does the speaker desire to be?

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

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