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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described in the poem "Paris, 7 A.M."?
(a) Observing a courtyard from an apartment window.
(b) Waking.
(c) Riding a train.
(d) Arriving in Paris.

2. What color are the Brazilian warehouses?
(a) Black or gray.
(b) White or gray.
(c) Pink of blue.
(d) Black or white.

3. What does the viewer hear in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress"?
(a) A brass band playing.
(b) Nothing.
(c) An orchestra playing.
(d) A protest.

4. What is the subject of many of the poems in Translations?
(a) Cities.
(b) Death.
(c) Language.
(d) Nature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family react to the poet in "Manuelzinho"?

2. How does nature celebrate the birth of a baby in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino'"?

3. How does Bishop tend to portray caves and shores in North and South?

4. In "In the Waiting Room," what does the poet wonder about the photos of the tribal women in National Geographic?

5. What two things does the poem "Pleasure Seas" compare?

(see the answer key)

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