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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is evoked in the beginning of "Serenade"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Purple.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

2. When describing things in "Autumn Returns," what does the poet focus on?
(a) The way they smell.
(b) Their colors.
(c) The way they sound.
(d) Their textures.

3. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?
(a) How did everyone react?
(b) What did he take with him?
(c) Who will be left behind?
(d) Why do we question anything?

4. In "The Wave," what does the poet describe as being a flower?
(a) The entire ocean.
(b) A man in a boat.
(c) A fish.
(d) The wave.

5. How does the poet feel about the prostitute in "The Night of the Soldier"?
(a) That she is caring.
(b) That she needs saving.
(c) That she is perfection.
(d) That she is destructuve.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Marisol described in "Every Day you Play"?

2. In stanza 4 of "Battle of the Jarama River," what is said about the river?

3. In "Barcarole," what is the red arrow?

4. In "Love, America (1400)," what does the poet say America has no word for?

5. In "The Ships," what type of ships are described as being the worst?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Way into Wood," how does Pablo Neruda describe nature?

2. What does the poet say about gold in "Gold"?

3. What does the Great Plumed God do in "A Soldier Sleeps"?

4. What is unique about the river in "Death Alone"?

5. In "I'm Explaining a Few Things," what answer does the poet give for why he no longer writes love poems?

6. How does the poet use the image of a seed in "Being Born in the Woods"?

7. What does the poet say about rules in "Nocturnal Statutes"?

8. Why does the poet feel he is the witness in "Signifying Shadows"?

9. What happens to the unmanned ships in "The Ships"?

10. In "The Great Ocean," what does the poet say about nature?

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