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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. In "The Portrait in the Rock," what do the police do to the poet's friend?

2. How does the poet know the people he visits in "The Unknown One"?

3. What does the poet say he used to be called in "Fiesta's End"?

4. In "Poetry," how does the poet say poetry changed him?

5. What warms the poet in "The Pension on the Calle Maruri"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What message does the poet deliver about the albatross in "Not Alone the Albatross"?

2. What does the tomato do in "Ode to the Tomato"?

3. How does Pablo Neruda feel about the sea in "The Sea"?

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

5. How does the speaker in "Wine" act?

6. In "Past," why does the poet suggest forgetting the past?

7. In "The Word," what influences on language does the poet describe?

8. How does the poet feel while describing the burial in "Ode to the Yellow Bird"?

9. How does the poet describe his home in "Lazybones"?

10. What does "The Pueblo" reveal about Pablo Neruda's feelings toward communism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Pablo Neruda use description to convey tone in his poetry?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What makes Pablo Neruda's "Selected Poems" a cohesive collection of work?

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