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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 is described in "Love Lies Sleeping"?
(a) Riding on a plane.
(b) Riding on a train.
(c) Waking in a house.
(d) Waking in a hotel.

2. In "Brazil January 1, 1502," how does the poet attempt to view the scenery?
(a) From a tourist's perspective.
(b) From an artist's perspective.
(c) From an archaeological perspective.
(d) From an explorer's perspective.

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

4. 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 more sympathetic to the plight of the people portrayed in them.
(d) It makes the reader less sympathetic to the plight of the people portrayed in them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the older character teach the younger in "Manners"?

2. How long does the poet spend in Brazil?

3. What were the poet's initial reactions to Brazil?

4. Who is traveling on a wagon in "Manners"?

5. How did the title "The Man-Moth" come to be?

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