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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) Nature.
(b) Geography.
(c) History.
(d) Politics.

2. What is the poet surprised to learn?
(a) That Brazil has a flag.
(b) That Brazil does not have a flag.
(c) That the people of Brazil are well-off.
(d) That the people of Brazil are poor.

3. What quality do the poems in North and South share?
(a) Attention to detail.
(b) Humor.
(c) Generalizations.
(d) Similar subject matter.

4. In what time of day does "At the Fishhouses" take place?
(a) Evening.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Noon.
(d) Morning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the poet located as she composes "The Moose"?

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

3. In "Pink Dog," what does the poet suggest about including the dog at Carnival?

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

5. What literary device does "12 O'Clock News" employ?

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