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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary device does "12 O'Clock News" employ?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Foreshadowing.

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

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

4. What does the viewer hear in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress"?
(a) An orchestra playing.
(b) A brass band playing.
(c) A protest.
(d) Nothing.

5. Why is Bishop so eager to have Moore visit her?
(a) Moore had free museum passes.
(b) Moore offered to edit Bishop's poetry.
(c) Moore was a close friend.
(d) Moore had important connections.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Marianne Moore work?

2. What does the woman demonstrate in "Brazilian Tragedy"?

3. What is similar about the language in the poems in North and South?

4. What Bible story is alluded to in "Santarem?"

5. How does "Brazilian Tragedy" end?

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