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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 say to the marine night in "The Marine Night"?
(a) That he loves it.
(b) That he is sorry.
(c) That he wants to become it.
(d) Nothing.

2. In "The Word," where does the poet say the word is born?
(a) On the back's of animals.
(b) In water.
(c) In nature.
(d) In humans.

3. In "We Are Many," who does the poet talk to when he calls for the fireman?
(a) An elderly man.
(b) A fireman.
(c) An arsonist.
(d) A fireman's wife.

4. In "Ode to Laziness," what is freed from the spider's web?
(a) A bee.
(b) Another spider.
(c) A fly.
(d) A man.

5. What does the poet say people must do to the past in "Past"?
(a) Learn from it.
(b) Get rid of it.
(c) Honor it.
(d) Relive it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the watch cut down in "Ode to a Watch at Night"?

2. In "Ode to Cesar Vallejo," what does the poet compare Cesar Vallejo's face to?

3. What does the poet desire in "Bestiary"?

4. Why does the poet make a list in "The Names"?

5. In "Memory," what does the poet ask the reader to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pablo Neruda say about the common man in "The Unknown One"?

2. How is the ship in "Leviathan" described?

3. Why does Pablo Neruda want to be pitied in "Memory"?

4. How does the poet say Cesar Vallejo was exiled in "Ode to Cesar Vallejo"?

5. What happens to the fisherman in "The Fisherman"?

6. What is the atmosphere of the setting in "The Pension on the Calle Maruri"?

7. In "Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks," what does the mermaid seem to represent?

8. In "Oh Earth, Wait for Me," what gifts can the earth give?

9. What does the poet say he will be like when he returns after death in "I will Come Back"?

10. How does Pablo Neruda describe his flag in "The Flag"?

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