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

2. Where does the mermaid go after leaving the bar in "Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks"?
(a) Into the river.
(b) To one of the drunk's houses.
(c) Into the ocean.
(d) To another bar.

3. At the end of "The Brutalized Birds," what does the man do?
(a) Puts the birds in a cage.
(b) Shoots a bird.
(c) Sell the birds' eggs.
(d) Builds the birds a new nest.

4. In "Poet's Obligation," where does the poet say he gathers his poetry?
(a) On sheets of paper.
(b) In his brain.
(c) In a cup.
(d) In boxes.

5. What warms the poet in "The Pension on the Calle Maruri"?
(a) A sunny day.
(b) Soup.
(c) Children.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the poet describe in "The Pueblo"?

2. What season is it in "Ode to the Tomato"?

3. In "Oh Earth, Wait for Me," where does the poet seek to return?

4. In "The Builder," where does the poet travel to?

5. What does the poet ask in the beginning of "Autumn Testament"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Ode to a Book," what lessons does the poet try to convey?

2. In "Past," why does the poet suggest forgetting the past?

3. What is "Ode to Laziness" about in the poet's life?

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

5. How does the poet feel while describing the burial in "Ode to the Yellow Bird"?

6. Why does Pablo Neruda want to be pitied in "Memory"?

7. What happens to the fisherman in "The Fisherman"?

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

9. What does "The Pueblo" reveal about Pablo Neruda's feelings toward communism?

10. In "The Word," what influences on language does the poet describe?

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