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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is "Sunday at Key West" dedicated?
(a) Bishop's roommate.
(b) Bishop's neighbor.
(c) Bishop's landlady.
(d) Bishop's tenant.

2. What Bible story is alluded to in "Santarem?"
(a) The birth of Jesus.
(b) David and Goliath.
(c) Abraham and Isaac.
(d) The Garden of Eden.

3. Who visits the poet in "House Guest"?
(a) Marianne Moore.
(b) A seamstress.
(c) A fashion designer.
(d) A tailor.

4. What does the devil remind the living in "Patience of an Angel"?
(a) That the devil can defeat an angel.
(b) That he is an angel.
(c) That angels aren't real.
(d) That he is more patient than angels.

5. What does the moose do in "The Moose"?
(a) Stands in the road, then steps aside.
(b) Causes the bus to crash.
(c) Causes the train to crash.
(d) Attacks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the symbolic meaning of "Pleasure Seas"?

3. Why is the character's name so common in 'From "The Life and Death of a Severino'"?

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

5. Who marches the mouse to his execution in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what state does the poet imply she is currently in her poem "Sonnet," written in 1928?

2. Why does the poet begins the section called Geography III with a geography lesson that throws a series of unanswered questions at the reader?

3. What do the hats come to symbolize in "Exchanging Hats"?

4. From what perspective is the story of "The Hanging of the Mouse" told?

5. What does "12 O'Clock News" reveal about the way Bishop views familiar objects?

6. How is the character in "The Strayed Crab" an exaggerated human figure?

7. What is the tone of "Lines Written in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook"?

8. How does the location in "Santarem" parallel the Garden of Eden?

9. What is the double meaning of the phrase "family travelling through the flesh" in Drummond de Andrade's "Family Portrait"?

10. Why do you think Bishop chooses animals to symbolize the players in "The Hanging of the Mouse"?

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