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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 does "A Word With You" describe?
(a) A trip to the zoo.
(b) Languages.
(c) A trip to the park.
(d) An intimate conversation.

2. What does Bishop display towards Moore in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) A desire to meet her.
(b) Criticism.
(c) A superior attitude.
(d) Friendship and reverence.

3. Where did the poem "Sunday at Key West" originally appear?
(a) In a newspaper.
(b) In a letter to Marianne Moore.
(c) In a letter to Bishop's landlady.
(d) In an anthology.

4. 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.

5. Who are the Biblical personages referenced in "The Wit"?
(a) Eve and Moses.
(b) Eve and Abraham.
(c) Adam and Eve.
(d) Adam and Moses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bishop's attitude toward the title character and his family in "Manuelzinho"?

2. In what years were the poems in Uncollected Poems composed?

3. What color are the Brazilian warehouses?

4. To what does the poet compare the long, relentless rain in "Questions of Travel"?

5. What does the second part of Three Valentines depict?

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