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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the woman demonstrate in "Brazilian Tragedy"?
(a) A giving nature.
(b) Appreciation.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Disloyalty.

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

5. What does "For C.W.B." depict?
(a) Music.
(b) Food.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Nature.

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

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

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

9. Why does the toad in "Giant Toad" pity himself?
(a) He is large and alone.
(b) He is large and ugly.
(c) He is large and lame.
(d) He is large and helpless.

10. What does Bishop's subject matter in the poems in Uncollected Work and Geography III tell us about her?
(a) She sees everyday things in typical ways.
(b) She seeks to see beyond the norm.
(c) She focuses on the negative.
(d) She is interested in the exotic.

11. What happens to the man in "Brazilian Tragedy"?
(a) He leaves the woman.
(b) He gets married.
(c) He gets a divorce.
(d) He has a breakdown.

12. In "Lullaby for the Cat," what does the cat not want to do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Eat.
(c) Wake up.
(d) Go outside.

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

14. What does the second part of Three Valentines depict?
(a) The poet's desire to fall in love.
(b) The poet's not understanding how she fell out of love.
(c) The poet's not understanding how she came to fall in love.
(d) The poet's desire to leave her lover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these poems is fourteen lines long?

2. What is the sea awaiting in 'From "The Life and Death of a Severino"'?

3. Who visits the poet in "House Guest"?

4. When was the Fannie Farmer Cookbook first published?

5. Who are the Biblical personages referenced in "The Wit"?

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