E.O.C test prep —Pablo Neruda from We Are Many, 1970 translated by Alastair Reid (NY Regents Aug. 2016)

The overall purpose of the figurative language in lines 12 through 14 is to show the narrator’s

• contempt for self-reliance

• desire for adventure

• lack of self-confidence

• jealousy of writers

A primary function of the questions in lines 19 and 20 is to

• introduce the narrator’s biases

• challenge the narrator’s beliefs

• clarify the narrator’s dilemma

• explain the narrator’s decision

The contradictions presented throughout the poem serve to illustrate the relationship between

• society’s conflicts and the narrator’s reaction

• the narrator’s sensibilities and his determination

• society’s expectations and the narrator’s possibilities

• the narrator’s idealism and his reality

The solution proposed in lines 42 through 45 can best be described as

• balanced

• universal

• inappropriate

• unrealistic