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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the poet's perspective in Uncollected Poems different from that in her other poems?
(a) They're more universal.
(b) They're more personal.
(c) They're more detached.
(d) They're more objective.

2. What does the poet first recognize in "In the Waiting Room"?
(a) That she is a strong reader.
(b) That she is afraid of dentists.
(c) That she will someday have a mature female body.
(d) That she wants to travel.

3. How does "Brazilian Tragedy" end?
(a) With cutting veins.
(b) With a drug overdose.
(c) With gun violence.
(d) With a hanging.

4. In "Lullaby for the Cat," what does the cat not want to do?
(a) Wake up.
(b) Go outside.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Eat.

5. Why is the character's name so common in 'From "The Life and Death of a Severino'"?
(a) It was the name of a local celebrity.
(b) It was the name of a king.
(c) It was the name of a local hero.
(d) The village residents are members of the same family.

6. What does Bishop remember in "Santarem"?
(a) A man she knew in Brazil.
(b) A visit to four rivers.
(c) A visit to two rivers.
(d) A cruise.

7. What effect do the lights have on the city in "Night City"?
(a) It is romantic.
(b) It looks as if it is on fire.
(c) It is commercialized.
(d) It is festive.

8. Who is the author of the Four Sambas?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Marianne Moore.
(c) Octavio Paz.
(d) Anonymous.

9. Which of these poems is fourteen lines long?
(a) "Sunday at Key West."
(b) "Sonnet."
(c) "Lullaby for the Cat."
(d) "The Mountain."

10. In "Exchanging Hats," what does one person wear on his head?
(a) A newspaper hat.
(b) A lamp shade.
(c) A book.
(d) A paper plate.

11. What is the sea awaiting in 'From "The Life and Death of a Severino"'?
(a) The birth of a baby.
(b) A religious sect.
(c) The burial of a man.
(d) A naming.

12. What do the poems in Youth deal with?
(a) Adolescence.
(b) Nature.
(c) Life cycles.
(d) Childhood.

13. Who is the title character in "For C.W.B."
(a) Clayton Wadsworth Barrett.
(b) Charles Watson Barrett.
(c) Catherine Wentworth Barrett.
(d) Unidentified.

14. What are the Brothers of the Souls carrying in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino""?
(a) A dead pauper.
(b) A dead king.
(c) A newborn baby.
(d) Bibles.

15. How does the crab in "Strayed Crab" view himself?
(a) Ugly and powerless.
(b) Beautiful and powerless.
(c) Ugly and powerful.
(d) Beautiful and powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what format are the poems in Rainy Season; Sub Tropics written?

2. In "In the Waiting Room," what does the poet wonder about the photos of the tribal women in National Geographic?

3. What do the characters in Rainy Season; Sub-Tropics symbolize?

4. What is the subject of "My Last Poem"?

5. In "My Last Poem," what does Bandeira hope his last poem will be like?

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