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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does "Jeronimo's House" describe?
(a) A large house.
(b) A dog house.
(c) A barn.
(d) A tiny house.
2. What is involved in the resolution of Four Poems?
(a) A decision to wed.
(b) Separation.
(c) Realization.
(d) Divorce.
3. Who is depicted in "Visits to St. Elizabeth's"?
(a) A Catholic in a fur hat.
(b) A Catholic in a newspaper hat.
(c) A Jew in a newspaper hat.
(d) A Jew in a fur hat.
4. What has Bishop arranged in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) Tickets for a show.
(b) For the weather to be nice when Moore visits.
(c) A reservation at a nice restaurant.
(d) A limo driver to take them shopping.
5. What question does Bishop ponder in "Brazil, January 1, 1502"?
(a) How little Brazil has changed over time.
(b) Where Brazil got its name.
(c) How much Brazil has changed over time.
(d) What Brazil was like in the early 16th century.
6. What does the poem "Roosters" describe?
(a) People's positive reaction to a rooster crowing.
(b) A rooster that crows at midday.
(c) A silent rooster.
(d) People's negative reaction to a rooster crowing.
7. What does Bishop display towards Moore in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) Friendship and reverence.
(b) Criticism.
(c) A superior attitude.
(d) A desire to meet her.
8. What accessory was Marianne Moore's trademark?
(a) Her shoes.
(b) Her purse.
(c) Her hat.
(d) Her gloves.
9. What does Bishop compare the winter wind to in "The Colder the Air"?
(a) A hunter.
(b) A huntress.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A tigress.
10. What does "Arrival at Santos" depict?
(a) The poet's first experience with travel.
(b) The poet's first experience with Brazilian scenery and culture.
(c) The poet's first experience with border guards.
(d) The poet's first experience with Brazilian food.
11. How does Bishop tend to portray caves and shores in North and South?
(a) Dismissively.
(b) Symbolically.
(c) Reverently.
(d) Objectively.
12. Where did Bishop grow up?
(a) Calgary.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Nova Scotia.
13. What effect does the tone have on the Four Poems?
(a) It makes the reader more sympathetic to the plight of the people portrayed in them.
(b) It makes the reader less sympathetic to the plight of the people portrayed in them.
(c) It makes them specific to the two people portrayed in them.
(d) It makes them more universal.
14. What were the poet's initial reactions to Brazil?
(a) Curiosity and distaste.
(b) A desire to stay for many years.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Admiration.
15. How is the house in "Jeronimo's House" decorated?
(a) With a Native American influence.
(b) With vibrant colors and cheap decorations.
(c) With drab colors and ornate decorations.
(d) With family photos.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens in "A Miracle for Breakfast"?
2. How long does the poet spend in Brazil?
3. What does the older character teach the younger in "Manners"?
4. Where does the old man in "At the Fishhouses" bring his fish?
5. What is described in the poem "Paris, 7 A.M."?
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