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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does it mean that some of Bishop's poems are "Uncollected"?
(a) They were only recently discovered.
(b) They were published in a variety of different works.
(c) The poet did not want them to be published.
(d) They were never published before.

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

3. For what does the poet express a need in "Sonnet"?
(a) Music.
(b) Water.
(c) Light.
(d) Darkness.

4. How does Bishop begin the section Geography III?
(a) With a poem about a map.
(b) With a map.
(c) With basic lessons and questions about geography.
(d) With a list of places.

5. Of the Spanish poems Bishop translated, which is the most poetic?
(a) "The Grove."
(b) "Objects & Apparitions."
(c) "Along Galeana Street."
(d) "The Key of Water."

6. What do the Brothers of the Souls know about the pauper in 'From "The Life and Death of a Severino"'?
(a) His job.
(b) Very little.
(c) His age.
(d) His name.

7. Who are the Brothers of the Souls in 'From "The Life and Death of a Severino"'?
(a) A sect that buries the wealthy.
(b) A sect that buries the poor.
(c) A sect that handles name changes.
(d) A sect that welcomes the newly born.

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

9. Why does the snail in "Giant Snail" pity himself?
(a) He is large and ugly.
(b) He is large and slow.
(c) He is slow and ugly.
(d) He is vulnerable to being eaten.

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

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

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

13. What does "A Word With You" describe?
(a) A trip to the zoo.
(b) Languages.
(c) An intimate conversation.
(d) A trip to the park.

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

15. What does the first part of Three Valentines depict?
(a) That only people rarely fall in love.
(b) That only animals fall in love.
(c) That love is rare.
(d) That people and animals fall in love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the executioner in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?

2. Where was the poet Max Jacob from?

3. What is the visitor's mood in "House Guest"?

4. In "Pleasure Seas," what do those on the shore, in the plane, or on the yacht have in common?

5. How old is the poet in "In the Waiting Room"?

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