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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bishop tend to characterize a person's feelings and moods in the poems in North and South?
(a) Subjectively.
(b) Compassionately.
(c) Objectively.
(d) Sentimentally.

2. In which section does the poet arrive in Santos?
(a) Questions of Travel.
(b) North & South.
(c) A Cold Spring.
(d) Geography III.

3. Why is the auntie surprised by the burglar's actions in "The Burglar of Babylon"?
(a) He has always had a giving nature.
(b) She raised him to be honest.
(c) He lacks the courage to break the law.
(d) She is surprised he is not setting a good example for his children.

4. What is one question the poet asks in "Questions of Travel"?
(a) Whether it is better to travel or just to use one's imagination.
(b) Whether people who have a good imagination don't need to travel.
(c) Whether people have to travel because they have no imagination.
(d) Whether travel can ruin one's sense of imagination.

5. Who do the characters pick up in "Manners"?
(a) A boy and his goat.
(b) A boy and his crow.
(c) A boy and his falcon.
(d) A boy and his dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "The Burglar of Babylon" about?

2. What does the viewer see in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress?

3. What is a running theme in many of the poems in Cold Spring?

4. What is described in the poem "Paris, 7 A.M."?

5. What is involved in the resolution of Four Poems?

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