The Complete Poems, 1927-1979 Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Complete Poems, 1927-1979 Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the subject of many of the poems in Translations?
(a) Language.
(b) Nature.
(c) Death.
(d) Cities.

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

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

9. 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.

10. What Bible story is alluded to in "Santarem?"
(a) Abraham and Isaac.
(b) The birth of Jesus.
(c) David and Goliath.
(d) The Garden of Eden.

11. How does nature celebrate the birth of a baby in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino'"?
(a) The rain stops.
(b) The tide does not come in.
(c) The tide does not go out.
(d) The rain starts.

12. How old is the poet in "In the Waiting Room"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Nine.

13. What does "Brazilian Tragedy" depict?
(a) Bandeira's sadness in Brazil.
(b) Bishop's hard life in Brazil.
(c) A man rescuing a prostitute.
(d) Bishop rescuing Bandeira.

14. In "In the Waiting Room," what does the poet wonder about the photos of the tribal women in National Geographic?
(a) If they are homeless.
(b) If she'll be like them some day.
(c) If they live close by.
(d) If they are starving.

15. Where is the poet located as she composes "The Moose"?
(a) A train in Canada.
(b) A bus in Alaska.
(c) A train in Alaska.
(d) A bus in Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these poems is fourteen lines long?

2. What does Bishop remember in "Santarem"?

3. What is the subject of "Objects & Apparitions"?

4. What does the poet explore in "For C.W.B."?

5. What does the second part of Three Valentines depict?

(see the answer keys)

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