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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the singer realize she is not dreaming in "Songs for a Colored Singer"?
(a) The dreams are too happy.
(b) The dreams are too fuzzy.
(c) The dreams are too clear.
(d) The dreams are too terrible.

2. What does Bishop compare the winter wind to in "The Colder the Air"?
(a) A tigress.
(b) A huntress.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A hunter.

3. What does the man in "Songs for a Colored Singer do?
(a) Drinks too much.
(b) Fights too much.
(c) Gambles too much.
(d) Cheats on her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bishop tend to portray caves and shores in North and South?

2. What geographical locations do the poems in North and South portray?

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

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

5. How did the title "The Man-Moth" come to be?

(see the answer key)

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