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

2. In "The Moose," why are the people's reactions to the moose surprising?
(a) They act like they have never seen a moose.
(b) They have never heard of a moose.
(c) They are overly frantic.
(d) They are overly calm.

3. Who is the title character in "For C.W.B."
(a) Catherine Wentworth Barrett.
(b) Unidentified.
(c) Charles Watson Barrett.
(d) Clayton Wadsworth Barrett.

4. To what does the poet liken the ocean in "Pleasure Seas"?
(a) A garden.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A fiesta.
(d) A ballroom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the poet in "In the Waiting Room"?

2. What happens to the man in "Brazilian Tragedy"?

3. What does the woman demonstrate in "Brazilian Tragedy"?

4. What two things does the poem "Pleasure Seas" compare?

5. How does Bishop look at life in the poems in Uncollected Work and Geography III?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do all the metaphorical places in "For C.W.B." have in common?

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

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

6. What is the effect on the reader of the surprise ending in Vinicius de Moraes' "Sonnet of Intimacy"?

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

8. From what perspective is the story of "The Hanging of the Mouse" told?

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

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

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