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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. In "The Way Spain Was," what does the poet say has affected Spain?
(a) A false god.
(b) A controlling leader.
(c) A lapse in art.
(d) An attack from the outside.

2. What leads to Magellan's end in "The Magellan Heart"?
(a) A woman.
(b) An angry group of natives.
(c) His own discoveries.
(d) A mysterious illness.

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

4. In "The Way into Wood," what does the poet say about apologies?
(a) That they should come only from men.
(b) That they mean nothing.
(c) That they are always late.
(d) That they hurt more than help.

5. At the end of "Some Beasts," what do the animals wait for?
(a) A savior.
(b) Their prey.
(c) A flood.
(d) Their deaths.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is it difficult to see in "Thinking, Tangling Shadows"?

3. What color is evoked in the beginning of "Serenade"?

4. In "Tonight I can Write," what does the poet say he could write?

5. Where does God in "A Soldier Sleeps" say the soldier is from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the shadows do to the poet in "Thinking, Tangling Shadows"?

3. Why does the poet talk about fabric in "Weak with the Dawn"?

4. How does the poet describe unity in "Unity"?

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

6. In "Absence of Joaquin," what does the poet wonder about his own life?

7. How does the poet describe communism in "Bleak System"?

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

9. What does the poet describe in "Rapa Nui"?

10. What role does the river play in "Battle of the Jarama River"?

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