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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Music.
(b) Water.
(c) Trees.
(d) Cities.

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

5. What does the poem "Roosters" describe?
(a) People's positive reaction to a rooster crowing.
(b) People's negative reaction to a rooster crowing.
(c) A silent rooster.
(d) A rooster that crows at midday.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what topic do many of Bishop's observations in the poems in North and South pertain?

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

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

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

5. What makes the singer realize she is not dreaming in "Songs for a Colored Singer"?

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