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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the poem "Sunday at Key West" originally appear?
(a) In a letter to Bishop's landlady.
(b) In an anthology.
(c) In a letter to Marianne Moore.
(d) In a newspaper.

2. Why is the dog pink in "Pink Dog"?
(a) It knocked over a can of paint.
(b) The sunset makes it look pink.
(c) It is sick and has lost its hair.
(d) The children have painted it.

3. To what does the poet liken the ocean in "Pleasure Seas"?
(a) A garden.
(b) A ballroom.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A fiesta.

4. For what was Fannie Farmer, as portrayed in "Lines Written in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook," most famous?
(a) Recipes and housekeeping tips.
(b) A cooking show on the radio.
(c) Recipes related to farming.
(d) Gourmet recipes.

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

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

7. What does the devil remind the living in "Patience of an Angel"?
(a) That he is more patient than angels.
(b) That the devil can defeat an angel.
(c) That he is an angel.
(d) That angels aren't real.

8. Who is the angel in "Patience of an Angel"?
(a) A child.
(b) Gabriel.
(c) Cupid.
(d) Lucifer.

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

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

11. What is the visitor's mood in "House Guest"?
(a) Hopeless.
(b) Comical.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Nervous.

12. Who wrote "Cemetery of Childhood" and "Elegy for Maria Alves"?
(a) Manuel Bandeira.
(b) Joao Cabral de Melo Neto.
(c) Vinicius de Moraes.
(d) Joaquim Cardozo.

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

14. What does the poet do with items on her desk in "12 O'Clock News"?
(a) She re-arranges them while watching the news.
(b) She writes news stories about them.
(c) She writes stories in which they come to life.
(d) She hides them around the room for a child to find.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the poet's perspective in Uncollected Poems different from that in her other poems?

2. What memory does the toad in "Giant Toad" recall?

3. What is the subject of the three poems in Rainy Season; Sub Tropics?

4. How does nature celebrate the birth of a baby in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino'"?

5. In "Pink Dog," what does the poet suggest about including the dog at Carnival?

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