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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Bishop ponder in "Brazil, January 1, 1502"?
(a) How little Brazil has changed over time.
(b) How much Brazil has changed over time.
(c) Where Brazil got its name.
(d) What Brazil was like in the early 16th century.

2. What does Bishop remember in "Santarem"?
(a) A visit to four rivers.
(b) A cruise.
(c) A man she knew in Brazil.
(d) A visit to two rivers.

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

4. In what city are many of the poems in North and South set?
(a) New York.
(b) Rome.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

5. What were the poet's initial reactions to Brazil?
(a) A desire to stay for many years.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Curiosity and distaste.
(d) Hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bishop compare the winter wind to in "The Colder the Air"?

2. Who is depicted in "Visits to St. Elizabeth's"?

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

4. In what time of day does "At the Fishhouses" take place?

5. What is described in the poem "Paris, 7 A.M."?

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