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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Mountain," what does the mountain want to know?
(a) How old it is.
(b) Whether the world was better before there were people.
(c) Why time is so important to people.
(d) Why it feels so much older than it is.

2. How is the poet's perspective in Uncollected Poems different from that in her other poems?
(a) They're more detached.
(b) They're more personal.
(c) They're more universal.
(d) They're more objective.

3. What do the poems in Four Poems describe?
(a) Passion between lovers.
(b) Agreement between lovers.
(c) An argument between lovers.
(d) A marriage proposal.

4. What accessory was Marianne Moore's trademark?
(a) Her purse.
(b) Her hat.
(c) Her gloves.
(d) Her shoes.

5. What is the symbolic meaning of "Pleasure Seas"?
(a) Nature is wild, while man is more civilized.
(b) Man has imposed civilization on nature.
(c) Nature is outside the realm of man's understanding.
(d) Civilization cannot exist without nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the title character in "Manuelzinho" wear that is oddly painted?

2. When was the Fannie Farmer Cookbook first published?

3. What does the man in "The Riverman" want to be?

4. What is the tone of the Four Poems?

5. What does Bishop mean when she asks Moore to "please come flying" in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?

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