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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what is "The Riverman" based?
(a) Amazon Tales by Charles Bagley.
(b) Amazon Town by Charles Wagley.
(c) Amazon Tales by Charles Wagley.
(d) Amazon Town by Charles Bagley.

2. In what format are the poems in Rainy Season; Sub Tropics written?
(a) Prose.
(b) Prose poetry.
(c) Free verse.
(d) Sonnets.

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

4. In "The Mountain," what does the mountain want to know?
(a) Whether the world was better before there were people.
(b) Why it feels so much older than it is.
(c) Why time is so important to people.
(d) How old it is.

5. The structure of the poem "Visits to St. Elizabeth's" is the same as what song?
(a) The Twelve Days of Christmas.
(b) This Old Man.
(c) Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.
(d) I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lines Written in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook," what is the poet's attitude toward Fannie Farmer?

2. What is involved in the resolution of Four Poems?

3. How does Bishop look at life in the poems in Uncollected Work and Geography III?

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

5. What does the viewer hear in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress"?

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