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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Marisol described in "Every Day you Play"?

2. In "Oceanic South," what does the poet have left?

3. In "Body of a Woman," what does the poet say he will persist in?

4. In the beginning of "Ode with a Lament," what does the poet say the woman is ready for?

5. In "Absence of Joaquin," what defines the friend?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Waltz," what does the poet say about himself?

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

4. How do the last three lines of "I Have Gone Marking" differ from the rest of the poem?

5. How does the poet connect the woman in "Body of a Woman" to nature?

6. What powers does the creature possess in "Every Day you Play"?

7. In "Serenade," how is night described?

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

9. Who is Lautaro in "Education of the Chieftain"?

10. In "The Way into Wood," how does Pablo Neruda describe nature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What relationship does Pablo Neruda develop between men and god(s)?

Essay Topic 2

How does the poet use line breaks and enjambments in this collection of poetry? What makes these effective or ineffective?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the theme of mortality in this collection of poetry. Trace the development of the theme regarding the chronology of the poems.

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