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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tone of "Letter to N.Y." reveal about the friendship portrayed?
(a) It is intimate.
(b) They are just acquaintances.
(c) They have just met.
(d) They frequently argue.

2. To what does the poet compare the long, relentless rain in "Questions of Travel"?
(a) A politician's nose.
(b) A politician's speech.
(c) A preacher's nose.
(d) A preacher's sermon.

3. When were the poems in North and South collected?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1935.

4. What has Bishop arranged in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) Tickets for a show.
(b) For the weather to be nice when Moore visits.
(c) A reservation at a nice restaurant.
(d) A limo driver to take them shopping.

5. Who do the characters pick up in "Manners"?
(a) A boy and his falcon.
(b) A boy and his goat.
(c) A boy and his dog.
(d) A boy and his crow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of language does Bishop employ in "Songs for a Colored Singer"?

2. How does Bishop tend to portray caves and shores in North and South?

3. What question does Bishop ponder in "Brazil, January 1, 1502"?

4. What does the poet hope to gain by knowing the answers to her questions in "Letter to N.Y."?

5. What is the poet surprised to learn?

(see the answer key)

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