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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect do the lights have on the city in "Night City"?
(a) It is festive.
(b) It looks as if it is on fire.
(c) It is commercialized.
(d) It is romantic.

2. How does Bishop compare an iceberg to a ship in North and South?
(a) The iceberg is more dangerous.
(b) The iceberg is more interesting.
(c) The ship is of more benefit to the soul.
(d) The ship is more regal.

3. How long did the poet actually spend in Brazil?
(a) Eighteen years.
(b) Eighteen days.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Fifteen days.

4. What is the symbolic meaning of "Pleasure Seas"?
(a) Man has imposed civilization on nature.
(b) Nature is outside the realm of man's understanding.
(c) Civilization cannot exist without nature.
(d) Nature is wild, while man is more civilized.

5. How does Bishop tend to portray caves and shores in North and South?
(a) Objectively.
(b) Reverently.
(c) Symbolically.
(d) Dismissively.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet first recognize in "In the Waiting Room"?

2. When was the Fannie Farmer Cookbook first published?

3. What quality do the poems in North and South share?

4. What does the man in "The Gentleman of Shalott" believe about being only part of a man?

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

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