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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Pink Dog," what does the poet suggest about including the dog at Carnival?

2. To what does the poet compare love in the third part of Three Valentines?

3. What is the subject of "My Last Poem"?

4. How does nature celebrate the birth of a baby in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino'"?

5. What experience does the reader gain from the poems in Translations?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the poet mean by the line "We are too innocent and wise" in "The Wave"?

3. In what state does the poet imply she is currently in her poem "Sonnet," written in 1928?

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

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

6. What do the hats come to symbolize in "Exchanging Hats"?

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

8. How does Octavio Paz view the beginning of a new year in "January First"?

9. Why does the poet begins the section called Geography III with a geography lesson that throws a series of unanswered questions at the reader?

10. Why do you think Bishop chooses animals to symbolize the players in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?

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