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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 does the poet ask in the beginning of "Autumn Testament"?
(a) To move or to stay.
(b) To live or to fly.
(c) To seek help or to try alone.
(d) To die or not to die.

2. What do the men do with the figurehead when they first find it in "To a Ship's Figurehead"?
(a) They take it home.
(b) The bring it on the boat.
(c) They place it on the sand.
(d) The put it back in front of the boat.

3. In "Tides," what makes the poet's skeleton?
(a) Salt.
(b) Waves.
(c) Sun.
(d) Pain.

4. What does the poet say will happen if people stop naming in "Too Many Names"?
(a) God will return to give new names.
(b) Everything will be the same.
(c) Everything will blur together.
(d) People will descend into chaos.

5. In "The Watersong Ends," what does the poet say stained the rice fields with blood?
(a) Americans.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Communism.
(d) British.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ode to a Beautiful Nude," what resides in the nude's eyes?

2. Why does the bird die in "Ode to the Yellow Bird"?

3. What does the poet say he used to be called in "Fiesta's End"?

4. Where is Tocopilla located in "The Brutalized Birds"?

5. In "Tides," what do the waves do to the poet?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Oh Earth, Wait for Me," what gifts can the earth give?

2. How does the poet say Cesar Vallejo was exiled in "Ode to Cesar Vallejo"?

3. What is described in "Fiesta's End"?

4. In "Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks," what does the mermaid seem to represent?

5. How is "The Names" formatted?

6. In "Poet's Obligation,"what role does the poet play?

7. In "Autumn Testament,"what are some of the directions Pablo Neruda gives?

8. How does the poet react to the many gods in "Religion in the East"?

9. What message does the poet deliver about the albatross in "Not Alone the Albatross"?

10. What does the poet reveal about the lion in "The Lion"?

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