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

2. What does the poet hope to gain by knowing the answers to her questions in "Letter to N.Y."?
(a) She wants New York to seem less real.
(b) She wants New York to seem more real.
(c) She wants to decide whether to move to New York.
(d) She wants to feel justified in her decision to leave New York.

3. What does the poet first recognize in "In the Waiting Room"?
(a) That she is a strong reader.
(b) That she will someday have a mature female body.
(c) That she wants to travel.
(d) That she is afraid of dentists.

4. Where did Bishop grow up?
(a) New York.
(b) Nova Scotia.
(c) Calgary.
(d) Paris.

5. What is the title of one of the poems in Four Poems?
(a) "Conversation."
(b) "Discussion."
(c) "Argument."
(d) "Talk."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a running theme in many of the poems in Cold Spring?

2. What is "The Burglar of Babylon" about?

3. How does the crab in "Strayed Crab" view himself?

4. Why does the snail in "Giant Snail" pity himself?

5. Why is Bishop so eager to have Moore visit her?

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