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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bishop compare an iceberg to a ship in North and South?
(a) The iceberg is more dangerous.
(b) The iceberg is more interesting.
(c) The ship is more regal.
(d) The ship is of more benefit to the soul.

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

3. What do several of the poems in North and South pay homage?
(a) Water.
(b) Music.
(c) Trees.
(d) Cities.

4. What is similar about the language in the poems in North and South?
(a) It is prosaic.
(b) It is general.
(c) It is crisp and precise.
(d) It is rambling.

5. How does Bishop tend to characterize a person's feelings and moods in the poems in North and South?
(a) Sentimentally.
(b) Objectively.
(c) Compassionately.
(d) Subjectively.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the poem "Roosters" describe?

3. What does "Jeronimo's House" describe?

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

5. What does "Jeronimo's House" reflect about the poet?

(see the answer key)

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