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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 does the poet see in the ocean in "Oceanic South"?
(a) A school of fish.
(b) A ray of light.
(c) A shipwreck.
(d) A lonely island.

2. In stanza 4 of "Battle of the Jarama River," what is said about the river?
(a) It will never flow again.
(b) It knows the truth.
(c) It cannot be conquered.
(d) It is stained forever.

3. How many parts does the poet break "The Heights of Macchu Picchu" into?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

4. In "Tonight I can Write," what does the poet say he could write?
(a) A novel.
(b) Sad lines.
(c) The truth.
(d) Nothing.

5. In "The Wave," what does the poet describe as being a flower?
(a) The entire ocean.
(b) A man in a boat.
(c) A fish.
(d) The wave.

Short Answer Questions

1. When describing things in "Autumn Returns," what does the poet focus on?

2. In "Brussels," what does the poet say moves too quickly?

3. What makes the school of fish unique in "The Fish and the Drowned Man"?

4. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?

5. In the last ten lines of "Death Alone," what object does the poet connect to death?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Great Ocean," what does the poet say about nature?

2. At the end of "The Heights of Macchu Picchu," what does the poet see?

3. What role does the river play in "Battle of the Jarama River"?

4. Why does the poet talk about fabric in "Weak with the Dawn"?

5. How does the poet end "Antarctic"?

6. How does the poet use the image of a seed in "Being Born in the Woods"?

7. How does the poet describe unity in "Unity"?

8. In "Love, American (1400)," what does the poet say remains?

9. What do the shadows do to the poet in "Thinking, Tangling Shadows"?

10. What is unique about the river in "Death Alone"?

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