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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one question the poet asks in "Questions of Travel"?
(a) Whether people who have a good imagination don't need to travel.
(b) Whether people have to travel because they have no imagination.
(c) Whether travel can ruin one's sense of imagination.
(d) Whether it is better to travel or just to use one's imagination.

2. How is the house in "Jeronimo's House" decorated?
(a) With a Native American influence.
(b) With vibrant colors and cheap decorations.
(c) With family photos.
(d) With drab colors and ornate decorations.

3. In which section does the poet arrive in Santos?
(a) North & South.
(b) Geography III.
(c) A Cold Spring.
(d) Questions of Travel.

4. What is the subject of "The Gentleman of Shalott"?
(a) A man looking into a mirror.
(b) A man looking at his reflection in water.
(c) A man traveling on water.
(d) A man breaking a mirror.

5. What does the poet do with items on her desk in "12 O'Clock News"?
(a) She re-arranges them while watching the news.
(b) She writes news stories about them.
(c) She hides them around the room for a child to find.
(d) She writes stories in which they come to life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the man in "Songs for a Colored Singer do?

3. To what does Bishop devote three poems to in North and South?

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

5. What does the title character in "Manuelzinho" wear that is oddly painted?

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