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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. 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."

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

3. In "Pleasure Seas," what do those on the shore, in the plane, or on the yacht have in common?
(a) They have a better appreciation of the ocean than those in the swimming pool.
(b) They understand that the ocean is complex.
(c) They can't really appreciate the ocean.
(d) They are safe from the dangers of the ocean.

4. 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 they are homeless.
(c) If they are starving.
(d) If she'll be like them some day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these poems is fourteen lines long?

2. In "The Moose," why are the people's reactions to the moose surprising?

3. What does the moose do in "The Moose"?

4. What are the Brothers of the Souls carrying in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino""?

5. What literary device does "12 O'Clock News" employ?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the various animals symbolize in "A Word with You"?

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

3. How are the "Four Sambas" by Anonymous different from the rest of the poems in the book?

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

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

6. What are two meanings of the title "The Waiting Room"?

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

8. Do you think "Lullaby for the Cat" is simply an innocent rhyme, or do you think it has a deeper meaning?

9. What is the moral Bishop puts forth in "Thank-You Note"?

10. What is the double meaning of the phrase "family travelling through the flesh" in Drummond de Andrade's "Family Portrait"?

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