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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the poet compare the long, relentless rain in "Questions of Travel"?
(a) A preacher's nose.
(b) A politician's speech.
(c) A politician's nose.
(d) A preacher's sermon.

2. What does "Jeronimo's House" reflect about the poet?
(a) Her love for her dog.
(b) Her love for spacious houses.
(c) Her love for Spanish things.
(d) Her love for small houses.

3. What is described in the poem "Paris, 7 A.M."?
(a) Waking.
(b) Riding a train.
(c) Arriving in Paris.
(d) Observing a courtyard from an apartment window.

4. What does the poet first recognize in "In the Waiting Room"?
(a) That she wants to travel.
(b) That she will someday have a mature female body.
(c) That she is afraid of dentists.
(d) That she is a strong reader.

5. Who is the old man in "At the Fishhouses"?
(a) The poet's grandfather.
(b) The poet's grandfather's friend.
(c) The poet's father's friend.
(d) The poet's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man in "Songs for a Colored Singer do?

2. Why does the toad in "Giant Toad" pity himself?

3. Who marches the mouse to his execution in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?

4. What geographical locations do the poems in North and South portray?

5. What is Bishop's attitude toward the title character and his family in "Manuelzinho"?

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