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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who knocks on the door in "Ode to the Tomato"?
(a) The poet.
(b) A chicken.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Parsley.

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

3. In "The Night in Isla Negra," what does the poet watch?
(a) The trees.
(b) The shadows.
(c) His neighbor.
(d) His wife.

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

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

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

7. Why are the men coming to town in "Leviathan"?
(a) To document the local history.
(b) To take over the government.
(c) To hunt whales.
(d) To build cities.

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Unknown One," what does the poet say will happen to common people?

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

3. How does Pablo Neruda describe his loneliness in "Loneliness"?

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

5. In "Ocean," what does the salt do?

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