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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is similar about the language in the poems in North and South?
(a) It is general.
(b) It is rambling.
(c) It is crisp and precise.
(d) It is prosaic.

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

3. What does the singer do in "Songs for a Colored Singer?"
(a) Leaves her husband.
(b) Stays with her husband.
(c) Leaves her boyfriend.
(d) Stays with her boyfriend.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city are many of the poems in North and South set?

2. What is the subject of "The Gentleman of Shalott"?

3. What does Bishop's uncommon vocabulary reflect about her settings?

4. What type of language does Bishop employ in "Songs for a Colored Singer"?

5. In what Southern state are some of the poems in North and South set?

(see the answer key)

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