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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Large Bad Picture," how does Bishop portray the flying birds?
(a) As hanging in z's.
(b) As hanging in s's.
(c) As hanging in n's.
(d) As hanging in m's.

2. To what topic do many of Bishop's observations in the poems in North and South pertain?
(a) Politics.
(b) Nature.
(c) History.
(d) Geography.

3. What literary devices does Bishop employ in the poems in North and South?
(a) Metaphor and simile.
(b) Foreshadowing and mood.
(c) Allusion and symbolism.
(d) Symbolism and alliteration.

4. What makes the singer realize she is not dreaming in "Songs for a Colored Singer"?
(a) The dreams are too fuzzy.
(b) The dreams are too clear.
(c) The dreams are too happy.
(d) The dreams are too terrible.

5. What does the poem "Roosters" describe?
(a) People's positive reaction to a rooster crowing.
(b) A silent rooster.
(c) People's negative reaction to a rooster crowing.
(d) A rooster that crows at midday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of "The Gentleman of Shalott"?

2. What does "Jeronimo's House" reflect about the poet?

3. When were the poems in North and South collected?

4. How does Bishop compare an iceberg to a ship in North and South?

5. What does the man in "Songs for a Colored Singer do?

(see the answer key)

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