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

2. To what topic do many of Bishop's observations in the poems in North and South pertain?
(a) Geography.
(b) Politics.
(c) Nature.
(d) History.

3. What does the singer do in "Songs for a Colored Singer?"
(a) Leaves her boyfriend.
(b) Leaves her husband.
(c) Stays with her husband.
(d) Stays with her boyfriend.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Marianne Moore work?

3. In what time of day does "At the Fishhouses" take place?

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

5. What does "Jeronimo's House" describe?

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