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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Brothers of the Souls carrying in "From 'The Life and Death of a Severino""?
(a) A dead king.
(b) Bibles.
(c) A dead pauper.
(d) A newborn baby.

2. Who marches the mouse to his execution in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?
(a) Raccoons.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Rats.
(d) Ants.

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

4. In "Pink Dog," what does the poet suggest about including the dog at Carnival?
(a) That it should wear a costume.
(b) That its toenails be painted pink.
(c) That it looks perfect painted pink.
(d) That it shouldn't be included.

5. What is the visitor's mood in "House Guest"?
(a) Comical.
(b) Pleasant.
(c) Hopeless.
(d) Nervous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality do the poems in North and South share?

2. Where does the old man in "At the Fishhouses" bring his fish?

3. What does Bishop compare the winter wind to in "The Colder the Air"?

4. What does the man in "The Gentleman of Shalott" believe about being only part of a man?

5. What does the poet hope to gain by knowing the answers to her questions in "Letter to N.Y."?

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