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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the title "The Man-Moth" come to be?
(a) A child's mispronunciation.
(b) A newspaper misprint.
(c) Bishop's troubled relationships.
(d) Kafka's influence.

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

3. What are two sounds the poet appreciates in "Questions of Travel"?
(a) Wind and roosters.
(b) Rain and frogs.
(c) Wooden clogs and a bird's song.
(d) Tap shoes and a cricket's chirp.

4. In "Letter to N.Y.," whom is the poet addressing?
(a) Louise Crane.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Marianne Moore.
(d) Her parents.

5. How does Bishop tend to characterize a person's feelings and moods in the poems in North and South?
(a) Sentimentally.
(b) Objectively.
(c) Subjectively.
(d) Compassionately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two things Bishop and Moore can do together, as described in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?

2. On what is "The Riverman" based?

3. What is "The Burglar of Babylon" about?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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