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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Marianne Moore work?
(a) The New York Public Library.
(b) A museum.
(c) A book store.
(d) The Library of Congress.

2. What does Bishop display towards Moore in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) Friendship and reverence.
(b) A desire to meet her.
(c) A superior attitude.
(d) Criticism.

3. What quality do the poems in North and South share?
(a) Humor.
(b) Generalizations.
(c) Similar subject matter.
(d) Attention to detail.

4. What is the tone of the Four Poems?
(a) Entirely removed.
(b) Objective.
(c) Subjective yet removed.
(d) Subjective and personal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Cape Breton," what types of animals are staring out to sea?

2. What does the singer do in "Songs for a Colored Singer?"

3. When were the poems in North and South collected?

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

5. What do several of the poems in North and South pay homage?

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