View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What geographical locations do the poems in North and South portray?
(a) Europe, Canada, and South America.
(b) The United States, Canada, and Europe.
(c) The United States, Mexico, and Paris.
(d) The United States, Europe, and Brazil.

2. What does Micucu's auntie do in "The Burglar of Babylon"?
(a) Throws him out of her home.
(b) Withholds money.
(c) Takes him into her home.
(d) Gives him money.

3. In "Large Bad Picture," how does Bishop portray the flying birds?
(a) As hanging in m's.
(b) As hanging in z's.
(c) As hanging in s's.
(d) As hanging in n's.

4. What does the older character teach the younger in "Manners"?
(a) One must honor one's parents.
(b) Table manners.
(c) All people deserve respect.
(d) How to behave as a guest in someone's home.

5. What happens to the sheep in "Cape Breton"?
(a) They drown.
(b) They get scared by the birds and walk off the edge of a cliff.
(c) They get scared by the waves and walk off the edge of a cliff.
(d) They get scared by the planes and walk off the edge of a cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Bishop arranged in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?

2. To what topic do many of Bishop's observations in the poems in North and South pertain?

3. On what is "The Riverman" based?

4. What does the second part of Three Valentines depict?

5. How is the poet's perspective in Uncollected Poems different from that in her other poems?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 322 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample