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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In "Bestiary," what does the poet call the spider?
(a) A crusader.
(b) An engineer.
(c) A villian.
(d) A woman.

4. In "Ode to a Beautiful Nude," what resides in the nude's eyes?
(a) Beasts.
(b) Countries.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Flowers.

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

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

7. In "The Marine Night," what does the poet want to burn with?
(a) Candles.
(b) Pain.
(c) Bonfires.
(d) Ships.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. In "Poetry," how does the poet say poetry found him?
(a) It touched him.
(b) It was in a classroom.
(c) It came to him in a dream.
(d) It was on his bookshelf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet say people must do to the past in "Past"?

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

3. Where is the pearl in "The Long Day Called Thursday"?

4. In "The Lion," what is wrong with the lion's claws?

5. Why does the poet say he will say nothing in "I will Come Back"?

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