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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the authors of the poems Bishop translated in Translations?
(a) Poets she mentored.
(b) Her colleagues and mentors.
(c) Famous poets she never met.
(d) Poets she disliked but respected.

2. What is Severino's problem in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino"?
(a) His name is difficult to pronounce.
(b) He can't remember his name.
(c) He has a common name.
(d) He has no name.

3. What does Bishop remember in "Santarem"?
(a) A man she knew in Brazil.
(b) A visit to two rivers.
(c) A cruise.
(d) A visit to four rivers.

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

5. What are two sounds the poet appreciates in "Questions of Travel"?
(a) Wind and roosters.
(b) Tap shoes and a cricket's chirp.
(c) Wooden clogs and a bird's song.
(d) Rain and frogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the visitor's mood in "House Guest"?

2. When was the Fannie Farmer Cookbook first published?

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

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

5. Where did the poem "Sunday at Key West" originally appear?

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