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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of one of the poems in Four Poems?
(a) "Discussion."
(b) "Talk."
(c) "Argument."
(d) "Conversation."

2. How does Bishop tend to characterize a person's feelings and moods in the poems in North and South?
(a) Objectively.
(b) Sentimentally.
(c) Subjectively.
(d) Compassionately.

3. What do several of the poems in North and South pay homage?
(a) Cities.
(b) Water.
(c) Trees.
(d) Music.

4. What type of language does Bishop employ in "Songs for a Colored Singer"?
(a) Refined.
(b) Haughty.
(c) Slang.
(d) Uncultured.

5. What quality do the poems in North and South share?
(a) Generalizations.
(b) Humor.
(c) Similar subject matter.
(d) Attention to detail.

6. How is the water temperature described in "Cape Breton"?
(a) A fierce chill.
(b) A timeless chill.
(c) A piercing chill.
(d) An ancient chill.

7. On what is "The Riverman" based?
(a) Amazon Town by Charles Wagley.
(b) Amazon Town by Charles Bagley.
(c) Amazon Tales by Charles Wagley.
(d) Amazon Tales by Charles Bagley.

8. What is the subject of "The Gentleman of Shalott"?
(a) A man breaking a mirror.
(b) A man looking at his reflection in water.
(c) A man traveling on water.
(d) A man looking into a mirror.

9. In what city are many of the poems in North and South set?
(a) Rome.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

10. What does Bishop mean when she asks Moore to "please come flying" in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) That Moore should come by plane.
(b) That Moore should run over to Bishop's place.
(c) That Moore should drive quickly across the Brooklyn Bridge.
(d) That Moore should drive quickly over the Manhattan Bridge.

11. What does the poem "Roosters" describe?
(a) A silent rooster.
(b) A rooster that crows at midday.
(c) People's negative reaction to a rooster crowing.
(d) People's positive reaction to a rooster crowing.

12. Why does Bishop love the sea?
(a) It is both ever-changing and unchanging.
(b) It is unchanging.
(c) She loves to swim.
(d) It is ever-changing.

13. In what Southern state are some of the poems in North and South set?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Texas.
(c) Florida.
(d) Mississippi.

14. Who do the characters pick up in "Manners"?
(a) A boy and his dog.
(b) A boy and his falcon.
(c) A boy and his crow.
(d) A boy and his goat.

15. What does "Arrival at Santos" depict?
(a) The poet's first experience with Brazilian scenery and culture.
(b) The poet's first experience with border guards.
(c) The poet's first experience with travel.
(d) The poet's first experience with Brazilian food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is depicted in "Manuelzinho"?

2. What does the title character in "Manuelzinho" wear that is oddly painted?

3. What makes the singer realize she is not dreaming in "Songs for a Colored Singer"?

4. "Questions of Travel" is in what format?

5. What is a running theme in many of the poems in Cold Spring?

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