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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does the tone have on the Four Poems?
(a) It makes the reader less sympathetic to the plight of the people portrayed in them.
(b) It makes the reader more sympathetic to the plight of the people portrayed in them.
(c) It makes them more universal.
(d) It makes them specific to the two people portrayed in them.

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

3. What does "Jeronimo's House" reflect about the poet?
(a) Her love for small houses.
(b) Her love for Spanish things.
(c) Her love for spacious houses.
(d) Her love for her dog.

4. 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.

5. What does the singer do in "Songs for a Colored Singer?"
(a) Leaves her husband.
(b) Leaves her boyfriend.
(c) Stays with her husband.
(d) Stays with her boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Micucu's auntie do in "The Burglar of Babylon"?

2. What does the poem "Roosters" describe?

3. Why is Bishop so eager to have Moore visit her?

4. What is the poet surprised to learn?

5. What types of fish does the old man in "At the Fishhouses" catch?

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