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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 "Jeronimo's House" describe?
(a) A tiny house.
(b) A barn.
(c) A large house.
(d) A dog house.

2. What is "The Burglar of Babylon" about?
(a) A cunning burglar who stays out of prison.
(b) An inept burglar who fails to escape from prison.
(c) An inept burglar who escapes from prison.
(d) A cunning burglar who escapes from prison.

3. What does the viewer hear in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress"?
(a) An orchestra playing.
(b) A protest.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A brass band playing.

4. What is described in the poem "Paris, 7 A.M."?
(a) Riding a train.
(b) Waking.
(c) Arriving in Paris.
(d) Observing a courtyard from an apartment window.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What literary devices does Bishop employ in the poems in North and South?

3. What does the man in "The Riverman" want to be?

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

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

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