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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the poet actually spend in Brazil?
(a) Fifteen days.
(b) Eighteen days.
(c) Eighteen years.
(d) Fifteen years.

2. What is the title of one of the poems in Four Poems?
(a) "Talk."
(b) "Argument."
(c) "Discussion."
(d) "Conversation."

3. What literary device does "12 O'Clock News" employ?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Foreshadowing.

4. Who cries for the mouse in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?
(a) The mouse's wife.
(b) The bird.
(c) The cat.
(d) The praying mantis.

5. What does the man in "Songs for a Colored Singer do?
(a) Fights too much.
(b) Drinks too much.
(c) Gambles too much.
(d) Cheats on her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What accessory was Marianne Moore's trademark?

2. What is the subject of the three poems in Rainy Season; Sub Tropics?

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

4. Where is the poet located as she composes "The Moose"?

5. What is the poet surprised to learn?

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