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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the poems in Four Poems describe?
(a) Passion between lovers.
(b) Agreement between lovers.
(c) A marriage proposal.
(d) An argument between lovers.

2. How does Bishop tend to characterize a person's feelings and moods in the poems in North and South?
(a) Objectively.
(b) Compassionately.
(c) Sentimentally.
(d) Subjectively.

3. What does Bishop mean when she asks Moore to "please come flying" in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) That Moore should come by plane.
(b) That Moore should drive quickly across the Brooklyn Bridge.
(c) That Moore should drive quickly over the Manhattan Bridge.
(d) That Moore should run over to Bishop's place.

4. What is the tone of the Four Poems?
(a) Entirely removed.
(b) Subjective and personal.
(c) Objective.
(d) Subjective yet removed.

5. How does Bishop compare an iceberg to a ship in North and South?
(a) The ship is more regal.
(b) The ship is of more benefit to the soul.
(c) The iceberg is more interesting.
(d) The iceberg is more dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the sheep in "Cape Breton"?

2. What type of language does Bishop employ in "Songs for a Colored Singer"?

3. In "Letter to N.Y.," whom is the poet addressing?

4. What is described in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress"?

5. What does the tone of "Letter to N.Y." reveal about the friendship portrayed?

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