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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what topic do many of Bishop's observations in the poems in North and South pertain?
(a) Politics.
(b) Nature.
(c) History.
(d) Geography.

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

3. Who marches the mouse to his execution in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?
(a) Rats.
(b) Ants.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Raccoons.

4. Who cries for the mouse in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?
(a) The bird.
(b) The praying mantis.
(c) The cat.
(d) The mouse's wife.

5. What is Bishop's attitude toward the title character and his family in "Manuelzinho"?
(a) Distasteful.
(b) Cautious.
(c) Pitying.
(d) Caring.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of one of the poems in Four Poems?

3. In what format are the poems in Rainy Season; Sub Tropics written?

4. What does the poet first recognize in "In the Waiting Room"?

5. What are two things Bishop and Moore can do together, as described in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?

(see the answer key)

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