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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the title character in "Manuelzinho" do?
(a) Feeds his family and pets.
(b) Steals.
(c) Spends money on his father's funeral.
(d) Gets a job.

3. What effect does the tone have on the Four Poems?
(a) It makes them specific to the two people portrayed in them.
(b) It makes the reader less sympathetic to the plight of the people portrayed in them.
(c) It makes the reader more sympathetic to the plight of the people portrayed in them.
(d) It makes them more universal.

4. What do several of the poems in North and South pay homage?
(a) Music.
(b) Trees.
(c) Water.
(d) Cities.

5. How is the water temperature described in "Cape Breton"?
(a) A piercing chill.
(b) A fierce chill.
(c) A timeless chill.
(d) An ancient chill.

6. What is "The Burglar of Babylon" about?
(a) An inept burglar who escapes from prison.
(b) A cunning burglar who stays out of prison.
(c) An inept burglar who fails to escape from prison.
(d) A cunning burglar who escapes from prison.

7. How did the title "The Man-Moth" come to be?
(a) Bishop's troubled relationships.
(b) A child's mispronunciation.
(c) A newspaper misprint.
(d) Kafka's influence.

8. To what does Bishop devote three poems to in North and South?
(a) Morning.
(b) Evening.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Weekends.

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

10. What does "Jeronimo's House" describe?
(a) A tiny house.
(b) A barn.
(c) A large house.
(d) A dog house.

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

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

13. What does "Jeronimo's House" reflect about the poet?
(a) Her love for spacious houses.
(b) Her love for her dog.
(c) Her love for small houses.
(d) Her love for Spanish things.

14. What does Bishop's uncommon vocabulary reflect about her settings?
(a) The culture and the feel of the people.
(b) The customs and mannerisms of the people.
(c) The foods consumed in these places.
(d) The way the people speak.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what time of day does "At the Fishhouses" take place?

3. What happens in "A Miracle for Breakfast"?

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

5. How long does the poet spend in Brazil?

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