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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the singer realize she is not dreaming in "Songs for a Colored Singer"?
(a) The dreams are too terrible.
(b) The dreams are too clear.
(c) The dreams are too happy.
(d) The dreams are too fuzzy.

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

3. What is a running theme in many of the poems in Cold Spring?
(a) Weather.
(b) Swimming.
(c) The sea.
(d) Spring.

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

5. What does the older character teach the younger in "Manners"?
(a) Table manners.
(b) How to behave as a guest in someone's home.
(c) All people deserve respect.
(d) One must honor one's parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the characters pick up in "Manners"?

2. What does the tone of "Letter to N.Y." reveal about the friendship portrayed?

3. What literary devices does Bishop employ in the poems in North and South?

4. Where does the old man in "At the Fishhouses" bring his fish?

5. To what does the poet compare the long, relentless rain in "Questions of Travel"?

(see the answer key)

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