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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the house in "Jeronimo's House" decorated?
(a) With vibrant colors and cheap decorations.
(b) With drab colors and ornate decorations.
(c) With family photos.
(d) With a Native American influence.

2. What is described in "Love Lies Sleeping"?
(a) Waking in a house.
(b) Riding on a plane.
(c) Waking in a hotel.
(d) Riding on a train.

3. What is described in the poem "Paris, 7 A.M."?
(a) Riding a train.
(b) Observing a courtyard from an apartment window.
(c) Arriving in Paris.
(d) Waking.

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

5. What geographical locations do the poems in North and South portray?
(a) The United States, Canada, and Europe.
(b) The United States, Mexico, and Paris.
(c) The United States, Europe, and Brazil.
(d) Europe, Canada, and South America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do several of the poems in North and South pay homage?

2. How does Bishop compare an iceberg to a ship in North and South?

3. In "Large Bad Picture," how does Bishop portray the flying birds?

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

5. What is similar about the language in the poems in North and South?

(see the answer key)

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