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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 two things does the poem "Pleasure Seas" compare?
(a) The ocean and a river.
(b) The ocean and a bathtub.
(c) The ocean and a swimming pool.
(d) The ocean and a brook.

2. What is the undertone in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino'"?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Embarrassment.
(d) Humor.

3. What literary device does "12 O'Clock News" employ?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Foreshadowing.

4. What Bible story is alluded to in "Santarem?"
(a) The Garden of Eden.
(b) The birth of Jesus.
(c) Abraham and Isaac.
(d) David and Goliath.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the toad in "Giant Toad" pity himself?

2. How is the poet's perspective in Uncollected Poems different from that in her other poems?

3. How does the character distinguish himself from others with the same name?

4. What is the subject of the three poems in Rainy Season; Sub Tropics?

5. In "Lullaby for the Cat," what does the cat not want to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does "12 O'Clock News" reveal about the way Bishop views familiar objects?

3. Why does the poet begins the section called Geography III with a geography lesson that throws a series of unanswered questions at the reader?

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

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

6. How does the location in "Santarem" parallel the Garden of Eden?

7. Why do you think Bishop chooses animals to symbolize the players in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?

8. Do you think "Lullaby for the Cat" is simply an innocent rhyme, or do you think it has a deeper meaning?

9. What do the various animals symbolize in "A Word with You"?

10. In what style is Bandeira's poem "Brazilian Tragedy" composed?

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