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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Letter to N.Y.," whom is the poet addressing?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Marianne Moore.
(c) Louise Crane.
(d) Her husband.

2. What does the poet hope to gain by knowing the answers to her questions in "Letter to N.Y."?
(a) She wants to feel justified in her decision to leave New York.
(b) She wants New York to seem more real.
(c) She wants to decide whether to move to New York.
(d) She wants New York to seem less real.

3. When were the poems in North and South collected?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1972.

4. When did Bishop meet Moore?
(a) When Bishop was a teenager.
(b) When Bishop was a young woman.
(c) When Bishop was an older woman.
(d) When Bishop was a middle-aged woman.

5. What makes the singer realize she is not dreaming in "Songs for a Colored Singer"?
(a) The dreams are too fuzzy.
(b) The dreams are too terrible.
(c) The dreams are too clear.
(d) The dreams are too happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Large Bad Picture," how does Bishop portray the flying birds?

2. Where did Bishop grow up?

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

4. What do the poems in Four Poems describe?

5. What is the subject of "The Gentleman of Shalott"?

(see the answer key)

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