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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bishop's uncommon vocabulary reflect about her settings?
(a) The way the people speak.
(b) The culture and the feel of the people.
(c) The foods consumed in these places.
(d) The customs and mannerisms of the people.

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

3. What does Bishop compare the winter wind to in "The Colder the Air"?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A hunter.
(c) A tigress.
(d) A huntress.

4. What geographical locations do the poems in North and South portray?
(a) The United States, Mexico, and Paris.
(b) The United States, Canada, and Europe.
(c) Europe, Canada, and South America.
(d) The United States, Europe, and Brazil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do several of the poems in North and South pay homage?

2. What does "Jeronimo's House" reflect about the poet?

3. How is the house in "Jeronimo's House" decorated?

4. How does Bishop tend to characterize a person's feelings and moods in the poems in North and South?

5. What does the poem "Roosters" describe?

(see the answer key)

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