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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Letter to N.Y.," whom is the poet addressing?
(a) Marianne Moore.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Louise Crane.

2. What is the tone of the Four Poems?
(a) Objective.
(b) Subjective and personal.
(c) Entirely removed.
(d) Subjective yet removed.

3. In "Lines Written in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook," what is the poet's attitude toward Fannie Farmer?
(a) She sees her as old-fashioned.
(b) She finds her recipes bland.
(c) She celebrates her.
(d) She finds her recipes unhealthy.

4. What is depicted in "Manuelzinho"?
(a) A man who is half-tenant, half-squatter.
(b) A landlord.
(c) A man living on the street.
(d) A man buying his first home.

5. Who is depicted in "Visits to St. Elizabeth's"?
(a) A Catholic in a fur hat.
(b) A Jew in a newspaper hat.
(c) A Catholic in a newspaper hat.
(d) A Jew in a fur hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In the Waiting Room," what does the poet wonder about the photos of the tribal women in National Geographic?

2. What literary device does "12 O'Clock News" employ?

3. In what years were the poems in Uncollected Poems composed?

4. What memory does the toad in "Giant Toad" recall?

5. What happens to the sheep in "Cape Breton"?

(see the answer key)

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