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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 does Bishop compare the winter wind to in "The Colder the Air"?
(a) A tigress.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A huntress.
(d) A hunter.

2. What is involved in the resolution of Four Poems?
(a) Realization.
(b) Separation.
(c) A decision to wed.
(d) Divorce.

3. What two things does the poem "Pleasure Seas" compare?
(a) The ocean and a bathtub.
(b) The ocean and a river.
(c) The ocean and a swimming pool.
(d) The ocean and a brook.

4. What does the singer do in "Songs for a Colored Singer?"
(a) Leaves her boyfriend.
(b) Leaves her husband.
(c) Stays with her boyfriend.
(d) Stays with her husband.

5. In "Pleasure Seas," what do those on the shore, in the plane, or on the yacht have in common?
(a) They can't really appreciate the ocean.
(b) They are safe from the dangers of the ocean.
(c) They understand that the ocean is complex.
(d) They have a better appreciation of the ocean than those in the swimming pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could the tone of the Four Poems indicate about the poet?

2. What does it mean that some of Bishop's poems are "Uncollected"?

3. What color are the Brazilian warehouses?

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

5. What does the older character teach the younger in "Manners"?

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