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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 happens in "A Miracle for Breakfast"?
(a) A man has only coffee for breakfast.
(b) A man calls room service.
(c) A man does not share his roll.
(d) A man scatters crumbs.

2. Who is traveling on a wagon in "Manners"?
(a) A girl and her mother.
(b) A girl and her grandfather.
(c) A girl and her grandmother.
(d) A girl and her father.

3. In what year does Questions of Travel begin?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1953.

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

5. What literary device does "12 O'Clock News" employ?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Simile.
(d) Foreshadowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Brazil January 1, 1502," how does the poet attempt to view the scenery?

2. What is the poet surprised to learn?

3. What effect does the tone have on the Four Poems?

4. What effect do the lights have on the city in "Night City"?

5. What accessory was Marianne Moore's trademark?

(see the answer key)

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