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

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

3. What does the title character in "Manuelzinho" wear that is oddly painted?
(a) A pair of overalls.
(b) A hat.
(c) A belt.
(d) A shirt.

4. Who is traveling on a wagon in "Manners"?
(a) A girl and her grandfather.
(b) A girl and her grandmother.
(c) A girl and her father.
(d) A girl and her mother.

5. What were the poet's initial reactions to Brazil?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Admiration.
(c) A desire to stay for many years.
(d) Curiosity and distaste.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does the old man in "At the Fishhouses" bring his fish?

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

5. What is depicted in "Manuelzinho"?

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