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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tone of "Letter to N.Y." reveal about the friendship portrayed?
(a) They have just met.
(b) It is intimate.
(c) They frequently argue.
(d) They are just acquaintances.

2. Who is the old man in "At the Fishhouses"?
(a) The poet's father's friend.
(b) The poet's grandfather's friend.
(c) The poet's grandfather.
(d) The poet's father.

3. What has Bishop arranged in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
(a) A reservation at a nice restaurant.
(b) A limo driver to take them shopping.
(c) For the weather to be nice when Moore visits.
(d) Tickets for a show.

4. In what Southern state are some of the poems in North and South set?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Texas.
(d) Florida.

5. What do several of the poems in North and South pay homage?
(a) Music.
(b) Cities.
(c) Water.
(d) Trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet hope to gain by knowing the answers to her questions in "Letter to N.Y."?

2. What does Bishop mean when she asks Moore to "please come flying" in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?

3. What is described in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress"?

4. Where did Marianne Moore work?

5. When did Bishop meet Moore?

(see the answer key)

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