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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described in "Love Lies Sleeping"?
(a) Riding on a train.
(b) Riding on a plane.
(c) Waking in a house.
(d) Waking in a hotel.

2. How old is the poet in "In the Waiting Room"?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Seven.
(d) Nine.

3. How does Bishop compare an iceberg to a ship in North and South?
(a) The iceberg is more interesting.
(b) The ship is of more benefit to the soul.
(c) The iceberg is more dangerous.
(d) The ship is more regal.

4. What literary device does "12 O'Clock News" employ?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Metaphor.

5. Where is the poet located as she composes "Night City"?
(a) On a train.
(b) In Paris.
(c) In New York.
(d) In an airplane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of one of the poems in Four Poems?

2. What do the poems in Four Poems describe?

3. How does Bishop look at life in the poems in Uncollected Work and Geography III?

4. What does the older character teach the younger in "Manners"?

5. What is involved in the resolution of Four Poems?

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