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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the man in "The Gentleman of Shalott" believe about being only part of a man?
(a) That half is enough.
(b) That one third is enough.
(c) That one quarter is enough.
(d) That only a whole man is enough.

3. In what Southern state are some of the poems in North and South set?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Texas.
(c) Florida.
(d) Louisiana.

4. What does the viewer see in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress?
(a) Nothing.
(b) An orchestra playing.
(c) A parade.
(d) A brass band playing.

5. What has Bishop arranged in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) A limo driver to take them shopping.
(b) For the weather to be nice when Moore visits.
(c) Tickets for a show.
(d) A reservation at a nice restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two things Bishop and Moore can do together, as described in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?

2. What quality do the poems in North and South share?

3. What is the tone of the Four Poems?

4. What does Bishop's uncommon vocabulary reflect about her settings?

5. What literary devices does Bishop employ in the poems in North and South?

(see the answer key)

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