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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of one of the poems in Four Poems?
(a) "Argument."
(b) "Discussion."
(c) "Talk."
(d) "Conversation."

2. What are two things Bishop and Moore can do together, as described in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) Writing and having lunch.
(b) Walking and having tea.
(c) Walking and talking.
(d) Shopping and talking.

3. What does the poet hope to gain by knowing the answers to her questions in "Letter to N.Y."?
(a) She wants New York to seem less real.
(b) She wants New York to seem more real.
(c) She wants to feel justified in her decision to leave New York.
(d) She wants to decide whether to move to New York.

4. What does the man in "Songs for a Colored Singer do?
(a) Drinks too much.
(b) Cheats on her.
(c) Fights too much.
(d) Gambles too much.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the poems in Four Poems describe?

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

4. What does Bishop's uncommon vocabulary reflect about her settings?

5. Why does Bishop love the sea?

(see the answer key)

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