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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. For what does the poet express a need in "Sonnet"?
(a) Music.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Water.
(d) Light.
2. What does the poet first recognize in "In the Waiting Room"?
(a) That she is afraid of dentists.
(b) That she will someday have a mature female body.
(c) That she wants to travel.
(d) That she is a strong reader.
3. 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.
4. To what does the poet liken the ocean in "Pleasure Seas"?
(a) A ballroom.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A garden.
(d) A fiesta.
5. 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.
6. In "The Moose," why are the people's reactions to the moose surprising?
(a) They are overly frantic.
(b) They act like they have never seen a moose.
(c) They are overly calm.
(d) They have never heard of a moose.
7. What is Severino's problem in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino"?
(a) He has no name.
(b) He can't remember his name.
(c) He has a common name.
(d) His name is difficult to pronounce.
8. What do the poems in Youth deal with?
(a) Nature.
(b) Life cycles.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Adolescence.
9. How does the man treat the woman in "Brazilian Tragedy"?
(a) He buys her expensive gifts.
(b) He beats her.
(c) He verbally abuses her.
(d) He provides health care and clothing.
10. Where was the poet Max Jacob from?
(a) Italy.
(b) New York.
(c) France.
(d) Brazil.
11. What does the woman demonstrate in "Brazilian Tragedy"?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Disloyalty.
(c) A giving nature.
(d) Appreciation.
12. What does "For C.W.B." depict?
(a) Food.
(b) Nature.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Music.
13. What does the poet explore in "For C.W.B."?
(a) Activities they could do together.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Places they could live.
(d) An impending visit.
14. In "Lines Written in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook," what is the poet's attitude toward Fannie Farmer?
(a) She celebrates her.
(b) She sees her as old-fashioned.
(c) She finds her recipes bland.
(d) She finds her recipes unhealthy.
15. In "My Last Poem," what does Bandeira hope his last poem will be like?
(a) Dying while asleep.
(b) A suicide note.
(c) An unexplained suicide.
(d) A will.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Pink Dog," what does the poet suggest about including the dog at Carnival?
2. How does Bishop look at life in the poems in Uncollected Work and Geography III?
3. What does Bishop remember in "Santarem"?
4. Who wrote "Cemetery of Childhood" and "Elegy for Maria Alves"?
5. How does "Brazilian Tragedy" end?
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