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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 about forever in "And How Long?"
(a) If he'll see forever.
(b) What it means to say forever.
(c) Who knows what forever is.
(d) How long forever lasts.

2. In "The Word," what refines words?
(a) Nature.
(b) Art.
(c) Religion.
(d) Culture.

3. What does the fisherman use to fish with in "The Fisherman"?
(a) A net.
(b) An antique fishing rod.
(c) A spear.
(d) A modern fishing pole.

4. At the end of "Loneliness," what does Pablo Neruda say about himself?
(a) He will never be the same again.
(b) He can't keep doing the same thing.
(c) He may be alone for the rest of his life.
(d) He knows he is loved.

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

6. In "Birdwatching Ode," what does the poet tell the birds to stay away from?
(a) Men and children.
(b) Guns and cages.
(c) Humans and preditors.
(d) Women and the sunset.

7. In "The Builder," what does the poet say he will build his likeness from?
(a) Water.
(b) Rock.
(c) Salt.
(d) Wood.

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

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

10. 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 touched him.
(d) It was on his bookshelf.

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

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

13. In the beginning of "Wine," what does the speaker want to do?
(a) Pray.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Party.
(d) Sing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Bestiary," what does the poet call the spider?

2. In "Poetry," how does the poet say poetry changed him?

3. In "Not Alone the Albatross," what does the poet say about the albatross?

4. What does the poet say about mistakes in "Ode to the Book"?

5. What does the poet desire in "Bestiary"?

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