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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 similar about the language in the poems in North and South?
(a) It is crisp and precise.
(b) It is prosaic.
(c) It is general.
(d) It is rambling.

2. Who marches the mouse to his execution in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?
(a) Raccoons.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Ants.
(d) Rats.

3. How long does the poet spend in Brazil?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Eighteen days.
(d) Eleven days.

4. Where does Micucu hide in "The Burglar of Babylon"?
(a) In a barn.
(b) In a church.
(c) In the hills.
(d) In a ditch.

5. What does the title character in "Manuelzinho" do?
(a) Spends money on his father's funeral.
(b) Steals.
(c) Gets a job.
(d) Feeds his family and pets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man in "The Gentleman of Shalott" believe about being only part of a man?

2. What does Bishop compare the winter wind to in "The Colder the Air"?

3. In "The Moose," why are the people's reactions to the moose surprising?

4. What does the singer do in "Songs for a Colored Singer?"

5. In "Cape Breton," what types of animals are staring out to sea?

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