View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tone of "Letter to N.Y." reveal about the friendship portrayed?
(a) They have just met.
(b) They are just acquaintances.
(c) They frequently argue.
(d) It is intimate.

2. What does the man in "The Riverman" want to be?
(a) A hypnotist.
(b) A fisherman.
(c) A witch doctor.
(d) A palm reader.

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

4. In what year does Questions of Travel begin?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1952.

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

6. What does Bishop display towards Moore in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) A desire to meet her.
(b) Criticism.
(c) Friendship and reverence.
(d) A superior attitude.

7. What is a running theme in many of the poems in Cold Spring?
(a) The sea.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Spring.
(d) Weather.

8. What does Micucu's auntie do in "The Burglar of Babylon"?
(a) Throws him out of her home.
(b) Gives him money.
(c) Takes him into her home.
(d) Withholds money.

9. What do the poems in Four Poems describe?
(a) An argument between lovers.
(b) A marriage proposal.
(c) Passion between lovers.
(d) Agreement between lovers.

10. What happens in "A Miracle for Breakfast"?
(a) A man calls room service.
(b) A man scatters crumbs.
(c) A man has only coffee for breakfast.
(d) A man does not share his roll.

11. What does "Jeronimo's House" reflect about the poet?
(a) Her love for small houses.
(b) Her love for her dog.
(c) Her love for spacious houses.
(d) Her love for Spanish things.

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

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

14. What does the title character in "Manuelzinho" do?
(a) Gets a job.
(b) Feeds his family and pets.
(c) Steals.
(d) Spends money on his father's funeral.

15. "Questions of Travel" is in what format?
(a) An answer to a single question.
(b) Question and answer.
(c) A list of meandering questions.
(d) A debate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Large Bad Picture," how does Bishop portray the flying birds?

2. To what does Bishop devote three poems to in North and South?

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

4. What does the poem "Roosters" describe?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 470 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample