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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the executioner in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?
(a) The raccoon.
(b) The dog.
(c) The cat.
(d) The rat.

2. What is Severino's problem in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino"?
(a) His name is difficult to pronounce.
(b) He has no name.
(c) He has a common name.
(d) He can't remember his name.

3. What literary device does "12 O'Clock News" employ?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Metaphor.

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

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

6. What do the characters in Rainy Season; Sub-Tropics symbolize?
(a) Exaggerated human traits.
(b) Effects of different locales on humans.
(c) Different human reactions to rain.
(d) That most people are lost.

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

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

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

10. In what format are the poems in Rainy Season; Sub Tropics written?
(a) Sonnets.
(b) Free verse.
(c) Prose.
(d) Prose poetry.

11. Where was the poet Max Jacob from?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) New York.
(d) Brazil.

12. In "Banks," to what does the poet compare his complaining?
(a) A violin.
(b) A bassoon.
(c) A flute.
(d) A drum.

13. What does the poet explore in "For C.W.B."?
(a) An impending visit.
(b) Activities they could do together.
(c) Places they could live.
(d) Marriage.

14. What is the undertone in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino'"?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Embarrassment.
(d) Humor.

15. In what years were the poems in Uncollected Poems composed?
(a) 1927-1937.
(b) 1927-1979.
(c) 1961-1971.
(d) 1927-1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the authors of the poems Bishop translated in Translations?

2. What does the devil remind the living in "Patience of an Angel"?

3. To whom is "Sunday at Key West" dedicated?

4. Who cries for the mouse in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?

5. What is the subject of many of the poems in Translations?

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