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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is depicted in "Visits to St. Elizabeth's"?
(a) A Jew in a newspaper hat.
(b) A Catholic in a newspaper hat.
(c) A Jew in a fur hat.
(d) A Catholic in a fur hat.

2. What is the poet surprised to learn?
(a) That the people of Brazil are well-off.
(b) That Brazil has a flag.
(c) That Brazil does not have a flag.
(d) That the people of Brazil are poor.

3. Who is traveling on a wagon in "Manners"?
(a) A girl and her father.
(b) A girl and her grandfather.
(c) A girl and her mother.
(d) A girl and her grandmother.

4. Who is the old man in "At the Fishhouses"?
(a) The poet's father's friend.
(b) The poet's grandfather's friend.
(c) The poet's father.
(d) The poet's grandfather.

5. When was the Fannie Farmer Cookbook first published?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1906.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the singer do in "Songs for a Colored Singer?"

2. What memory does the toad in "Giant Toad" recall?

3. In what city are many of the poems in North and South set?

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

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

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