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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the pearl in "The Long Day Called Thursday"?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The rocks.
(c) The woman's ring.
(d) The poet's tie.

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

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

4. Why does the bird die in "Ode to the Yellow Bird"?
(a) From a hunter's bullet.
(b) From old age.
(c) From being poisoned.
(d) From being in a cage.

5. How does Pablo Neruda describe his loneliness in "Loneliness"?
(a) The "slow-coming."
(b) The "life-change."
(c) The "self-alone."
(d) The "not-happening."

6. 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.

7. In "Poet's Obligation," where does the poet say he gathers his poetry?
(a) In boxes.
(b) In his brain.
(c) On sheets of paper.
(d) In a cup.

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

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

10. What does the poet say about mistakes in "Ode to the Book"?
(a) That they are necessary.
(b) That they are funny.
(c) That they are foolish.
(d) That they are for women.

11. Who does the poet describe in "The Pueblo"?
(a) The children.
(b) The government.
(c) The working man.
(d) The warriors.

12. In "Oh Earth, Wait for Me," what does the poet say the earth's pure gift is?
(a) Silence.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Beauty.

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

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

15. What warms the poet in "The Pension on the Calle Maruri"?
(a) Soup.
(b) Love.
(c) Children.
(d) A sunny day.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "We Are Many," who does the poet talk to when he calls for the fireman?

2. Where does the mermaid go after leaving the bar in "Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks"?

3. In "Ode to Cesar Vallejo," what does the poet compare Cesar Vallejo's face to?

4. In "Religion in the East," what type of man does the poet say created religion?

5. In "Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks," what do the drunks do to the mermaid?

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