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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are on the porch in "Sunday at Key West"?
(a) Bicycles.
(b) Beach chairs.
(c) Rocking chairs.
(d) Plants.

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

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

5. What effect do the lights have on the city in "Night City"?
(a) It is festive.
(b) It is romantic.
(c) It looks as if it is on fire.
(d) It is commercialized.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what was Fannie Farmer, as portrayed in "Lines Written in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook," most famous?

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

3. What does "A Word With You" describe?

4. What does "The Wit" describe?

5. Where was the poet Max Jacob from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character in "The Giant Snail" an exaggerated human figure?

2. In what style is Bandeira's poem "Brazilian Tragedy" composed?

3. What does "12 O'Clock News" reveal about the way Bishop views familiar objects?

4. What was the political situation that inspired "The Hanging of the Mouse"?

5. Why did Bishop write "The Mountain" in the first person?

6. How does the location in "Santarem" parallel the Garden of Eden?

7. How is the character in "The Strayed Crab" an exaggerated human figure?

8. How is the character in "The Giant Toad" an exaggerated human figure?

9. What is the tone of "Lines Written in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook"?

10. What is the meaning of the simple, repeated incident in Drummond de Andrade's "In the Middle of the Road"?

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