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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 "Bestiary," what does the poet call the spider?
(a) An engineer.
(b) A woman.
(c) A crusader.
(d) A villian.
2. In "The Portrait in the Rock," what do the police do to the poet's friend?
(a) They hire him.
(b) They beat him.
(c) The rescue him.
(d) They arrest him.
3. In "The Fisherman," where is the fisherman attacking fish?
(a) In the open ocean.
(b) On a river bank.
(c) Off a small dock.
(d) In a rock pool.
4. In "We Are Many," why can't the poet decide who he is?
(a) He feels different every day.
(b) He has many voices.
(c) He never looks in mirrors.
(d) He lets women decide who he is.
5. Why does the bird die in "Ode to the Yellow Bird"?
(a) From being in a cage.
(b) From old age.
(c) From being poisoned.
(d) From a hunter's bullet.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is Tocopilla located in "The Brutalized Birds"?
2. In "The Builder," what does the poet say he will build his likeness from?
3. What does the poet say he used to be called in "Fiesta's End"?
4. What warms the poet in "The Pension on the Calle Maruri"?
5. In "The Night in Isla Negra," what does the poet watch?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Poet's Obligation,"what role does the poet play?
2. What is "Ode to Laziness" about in the poet's life?
3. What does "The Pueblo" reveal about Pablo Neruda's feelings toward communism?
4. What message does the poet deliver about the albatross in "Not Alone the Albatross"?
5. Why is Thursday so long in "The Long Day Called Thursday"?
6. In "Past," why does the poet suggest forgetting the past?
7. What story is retold in "Furious Struggle Between Seamen and an Octopus of Colossal Size"?
8. How are the nude's shoulders described in "Ode to a Beautiful Nude"?
9. What does Pablo Neruda say about the common man in "The Unknown One"?
10. What does the poet say he will be like when he returns after death in "I will Come Back"?
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