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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of fish does the old man in "At the Fishhouses" catch?
(a) Salmon and herring.
(b) Codfish and herring.
(c) Salmon and bass.
(d) Codfish and bass.

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

3. Where did Bishop grow up?
(a) Calgary.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) Nova Scotia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tone of the Four Poems?

2. What could the tone of the Four Poems indicate about the poet?

3. How does Bishop tend to characterize a person's feelings and moods in the poems in North and South?

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

5. How does Bishop tend to portray caves and shores in North and South?

(see the answer key)

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