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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) Waking in a hotel.
(b) Riding on a train.
(c) Riding on a plane.
(d) Waking in a house.

2. What does the man in "The Gentleman of Shalott" believe about being only part of a man?
(a) That only a whole man is enough.
(b) That one quarter is enough.
(c) That half is enough.
(d) That one third is enough.

3. To what does Bishop devote three poems to in North and South?
(a) Morning.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Evening.
(d) Weekends.

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

5. Why is the auntie surprised by the burglar's actions in "The Burglar of Babylon"?
(a) He has always had a giving nature.
(b) He lacks the courage to break the law.
(c) She raised him to be honest.
(d) She is surprised he is not setting a good example for his children.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the water temperature described in "Cape Breton"?

2. How does the family react to the poet in "Manuelzinho"?

3. How does Bishop compare an iceberg to a ship in North and South?

4. The structure of the poem "Visits to St. Elizabeth's" is the same as what song?

5. What does "Arrival at Santos" depict?

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