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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 is depicted in "Manuelzinho"?
(a) A man buying his first home.
(b) A man who is half-tenant, half-squatter.
(c) A man living on the street.
(d) A landlord.

2. What has Bishop arranged in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) A limo driver to take them shopping.
(b) A reservation at a nice restaurant.
(c) For the weather to be nice when Moore visits.
(d) Tickets for a show.

3. In "Lines Written in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook," what is the poet's attitude toward Fannie Farmer?
(a) She celebrates her.
(b) She sees her as old-fashioned.
(c) She finds her recipes unhealthy.
(d) She finds her recipes bland.

4. What does the man in "The Gentleman of Shalott" believe about being only part of a man?
(a) That one quarter is enough.
(b) That one third is enough.
(c) That half is enough.
(d) That only a whole man is enough.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "A Word With You" describe?

3. What does the title character in "Manuelzinho" do?

4. How does Bishop begin the section Geography III?

5. How old is the poet in "In the Waiting Room"?

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