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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tone of "Letter to N.Y." reveal about the friendship portrayed?
(a) They have just met.
(b) They frequently argue.
(c) It is intimate.
(d) They are just acquaintances.

2. What happens to the sheep in "Cape Breton"?
(a) They get scared by the planes and walk off the edge of a cliff.
(b) They get scared by the waves and walk off the edge of a cliff.
(c) They drown.
(d) They get scared by the birds and walk off the edge of a cliff.

3. What does "Jeronimo's House" reflect about the poet?
(a) Her love for spacious houses.
(b) Her love for Spanish things.
(c) Her love for her dog.
(d) Her love for small houses.

4. What does the singer do in "Songs for a Colored Singer?"
(a) Stays with her boyfriend.
(b) Leaves her boyfriend.
(c) Stays with her husband.
(d) Leaves her husband.

5. What do the poems in Four Poems describe?
(a) Agreement between lovers.
(b) Passion between lovers.
(c) A marriage proposal.
(d) An argument between lovers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Bishop so eager to have Moore visit her?

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

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

5. What effect does the tone have on the Four Poems?

(see the answer key)

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