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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the characters in Rainy Season; Sub-Tropics symbolize?
(a) Different human reactions to rain.
(b) That most people are lost.
(c) Effects of different locales on humans.
(d) Exaggerated human traits.

2. Who is the philosopher referenced in "The Wit"?
(a) Newton.
(b) Copernicus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

3. Why does Bishop love the sea?
(a) It is both ever-changing and unchanging.
(b) It is unchanging.
(c) She loves to swim.
(d) It is ever-changing.

4. What is the tone of the Four Poems?
(a) Subjective yet removed.
(b) Entirely removed.
(c) Objective.
(d) Subjective and personal.

5. For what does the poet express a need in "Sonnet"?
(a) Music.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Light.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Cape Breton," what types of animals are staring out to sea?

2. What does the poet first recognize in "In the Waiting Room"?

3. Why is Bishop so eager to have Moore visit her?

4. When was the Fannie Farmer Cookbook first published?

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

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