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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 could the tone of the Four Poems indicate about the poet?
(a) She prefers flowery language.
(b) She prefers concise language.
(c) She prefers to use a lot of detail.
(d) She prefers to include herself in her poems.

2. To what does the poet compare love in the third part of Three Valentines?
(a) A feathered bird.
(b) A baby bird.
(c) A mother bird.
(d) A sea bird.

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

4. In "The Mountain," what does the mountain want to know?
(a) How old it is.
(b) Whether the world was better before there were people.
(c) Why time is so important to people.
(d) Why it feels so much older than it is.

5. What has Bishop arranged in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) For the weather to be nice when Moore visits.
(b) A limo driver to take them shopping.
(c) A reservation at a nice restaurant.
(d) Tickets for a show.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the philosopher referenced in "The Wit"?

2. What is the title of one of the poems in Four Poems?

3. What is depicted in "Manuelzinho"?

4. Who is depicted in "Visits to St. Elizabeth's"?

5. Who are the Biblical personages referenced in "The Wit"?

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