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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the water temperature described in "Cape Breton"?
(a) A timeless chill.
(b) A fierce chill.
(c) A piercing chill.
(d) An ancient chill.

2. What can be deduced from the picture in "Family Portrait"?
(a) How the people felt about each other.
(b) How the people felt about the furniture.
(c) Each person's true character.
(d) Only how the furniture was arranged.

3. What memory does the toad in "Giant Toad" recall?
(a) Being chased.
(b) Being dropped in someone's soup.
(c) Being forced to smoke a cigarette.
(d) Being left in someone's bed.

4. What are two poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade?
(a) "Two-Sided Poem" and "Don't Hang Yourself."
(b) "Seven-Sided Poem" and "Don't Commit Suicide."
(c) "Five-Sided Poem" and "Don't Stab Yourself."
(d) "Seven-Sided Poem" and "Don't Kill Yourself."

5. What is common of many of the translated poems based in and around Brazil?
(a) They deal with nature.
(b) The poets are not from Brazil.
(c) They are upbeat.
(d) There is a strong theme.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the man treat the woman in "Brazilian Tragedy"?

2. Why does the snail in "Giant Snail" pity himself?

3. In "Lullaby for the Cat," what does the cat not want to do?

4. What is a running theme in many of the poems in Cold Spring?

5. How is the house in "Jeronimo's House" decorated?

(see the answer key)

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