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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 is described in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress"?
(a) A view from a rooftop.
(b) The essence of Washington, D.C.
(c) The poet's politics.
(d) Architecture.

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 more real.
(b) She wants to decide whether to move to New York.
(c) She wants to feel justified in her decision to leave New York.
(d) She wants New York to seem less real.

3. What literary devices does Bishop employ in the poems in North and South?
(a) Symbolism and alliteration.
(b) Allusion and symbolism.
(c) Foreshadowing and mood.
(d) Metaphor and simile.

4. What has Bishop arranged in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) A reservation at a nice restaurant.
(b) Tickets for a show.
(c) A limo driver to take them shopping.
(d) For the weather to be nice when Moore visits.

5. In "Brazil January 1, 1502," how does the poet attempt to view the scenery?
(a) From a tourist's perspective.
(b) From an archaeological perspective.
(c) From an explorer's perspective.
(d) From an artist's perspective.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bishop grow up?

2. What does the title character in "Manuelzinho" wear that is oddly painted?

3. What is described in "Love Lies Sleeping"?

4. What is the symbolic meaning of "Pleasure Seas"?

5. In what city are many of the poems in North and South set?

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