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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary device does the poet employ in "The Mountain"?
(a) Juxtaposition.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Personification.
(d) Foreshadowing.

2. How long did the poet actually spend in Brazil?
(a) Fifteen days.
(b) Eighteen days.
(c) Eighteen years.
(d) Fifteen years.

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

4. What are two things Bishop and Moore can do together, as described in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) Walking and having tea.
(b) Walking and talking.
(c) Shopping and talking.
(d) Writing and having lunch.

5. What does Bishop's subject matter in the poems in Uncollected Work and Geography III tell us about her?
(a) She focuses on the negative.
(b) She sees everyday things in typical ways.
(c) She is interested in the exotic.
(d) She seeks to see beyond the norm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bishop display towards Moore in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?

2. In what years were the poems in Uncollected Poems composed?

3. Where does Micucu hide in "The Burglar of Babylon"?

4. What color are the Brazilian warehouses?

5. What is "The Burglar of Babylon" about?

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