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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city are many of the poems in North and South set?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Rome.

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

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

4. In "Large Bad Picture," how does Bishop portray the flying birds?
(a) As hanging in z's.
(b) As hanging in s's.
(c) As hanging in m's.
(d) As hanging in n's.

5. How does Bishop tend to portray caves and shores in North and South?
(a) Objectively.
(b) Symbolically.
(c) Dismissively.
(d) Reverently.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man in "The Gentleman of Shalott" believe about being only part of a man?

2. What happens in "A Miracle for Breakfast"?

3. What does the poem "Roosters" describe?

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

5. What is the subject of "The Gentleman of Shalott"?

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