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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 emotion is detailed in the beginning of "Ars Poetica"?
(a) Love.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Rage.

2. In "In Spite of Wrath," what is built after the holocaust?
(a) Towers.
(b) Bridges.
(c) Statues.
(d) Universities.

3. At the end of "The Builders of Statues," what does the poet consider?
(a) If the statues are a hallucination.
(b) If the statues built themselves.
(c) If he can build a statue.
(d) If the statues will exist after he dies.

4. At the end of "A Soldier Sleeps," what does God realize?
(a) He can't wake the soldier up.
(b) He can't fight with the soldier.
(c) He can't become a soldier.
(d) He can't move the soldier.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many parts does the poet break "The Heights of Macchu Picchu" into?

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

4. What does the poet say was lost in "Love, America (1400)"?

5. Why does the poet say he wrote "I'm Explaining a Few Things"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the funeral like in "Burial in the East"?

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

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

4. In "Love, American (1400)," what does the poet say remains?

5. What powers does the creature possess in "Every Day you Play"?

6. Who is Lautaro in "Education of the Chieftain"?

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

8. In "Walking Around," how does the poet feel about walking?

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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