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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress"?
(a) The essence of Washington, D.C.
(b) Architecture.
(c) A view from a rooftop.
(d) The poet's politics.

2. How does Bishop tend to portray caves and shores in North and South?
(a) Objectively.
(b) Symbolically.
(c) Reverently.
(d) Dismissively.

3. To what topic do many of Bishop's observations in the poems in North and South pertain?
(a) Politics.
(b) Nature.
(c) Geography.
(d) History.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of fish does the old man in "At the Fishhouses" catch?

2. Where did Marianne Moore work?

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

4. What has Bishop arranged in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?

5. What literary devices does Bishop employ in the poems in North and South?

(see the answer key)

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