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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 "My Last Poem"?
(a) What Bishop hopes her final poem will be like.
(b) Bishop's most recent poem, which is about Bandeira.
(c) What Bandeira hopes his final poem will be like.
(d) The most recent poem Bandeira penned.

2. What does "Brazilian Tragedy" depict?
(a) Bishop rescuing Bandeira.
(b) A man rescuing a prostitute.
(c) Bishop's hard life in Brazil.
(d) Bandeira's sadness in Brazil.

3. Who are the authors of the poems Bishop translated in Translations?
(a) Famous poets she never met.
(b) Poets she disliked but respected.
(c) Poets she mentored.
(d) Her colleagues and mentors.

4. Who are the Biblical personages referenced in "The Wit"?
(a) Eve and Abraham.
(b) Eve and Moses.
(c) Adam and Moses.
(d) Adam and Eve.

5. To whom is "Sunday at Key West" dedicated?
(a) Bishop's landlady.
(b) Bishop's tenant.
(c) Bishop's neighbor.
(d) Bishop's roommate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In the Waiting Room," what does the poet wonder about the photos of the tribal women in National Geographic?

2. What does it mean that some of Bishop's poems are "Uncollected"?

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

4. Where did the poem "Sunday at Key West" originally appear?

5. What literary device does the poet employ in "The Mountain"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bandeira so concerned about the specifics of his last poem in "My Last Poem"?

2. What does the porch symbolize in "Sunday at Key West"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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