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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of fish does the old man in "At the Fishhouses" catch?
(a) Codfish and herring.
(b) Salmon and herring.
(c) Salmon and bass.
(d) Codfish and bass.

2. In what Southern state are some of the poems in North and South set?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Florida.
(c) Texas.
(d) Mississippi.

3. When did Bishop meet Moore?
(a) When Bishop was a middle-aged woman.
(b) When Bishop was an older woman.
(c) When Bishop was a young woman.
(d) When Bishop was a teenager.

4. What type of language does Bishop employ in "Songs for a Colored Singer"?
(a) Refined.
(b) Haughty.
(c) Slang.
(d) Uncultured.

5. In "Cape Breton," what types of animals are staring out to sea?
(a) Penguins and puffins.
(b) Seagulls and puffins.
(c) Auks and Seagulls.
(d) Auks and puffins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bishop's attitude toward the title character and his family in "Manuelzinho"?

2. How is the house in "Jeronimo's House" decorated?

3. What could the tone of the Four Poems indicate about the poet?

4. Where does Micucu hide in "The Burglar of Babylon"?

5. To what does Bishop devote three poems to in North and South?

(see the answer key)

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