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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the title "The Man-Moth" come to be?
(a) A child's mispronunciation.
(b) Bishop's troubled relationships.
(c) A newspaper misprint.
(d) Kafka's influence.

3. What is depicted in "Manuelzinho"?
(a) A man who is half-tenant, half-squatter.
(b) A man living on the street.
(c) A man buying his first home.
(d) A landlord.

4. In "Cape Breton," what types of animals are staring out to sea?
(a) Auks and Seagulls.
(b) Penguins and puffins.
(c) Seagulls and puffins.
(d) Auks and puffins.

5. What is "The Burglar of Babylon" about?
(a) A cunning burglar who stays out of prison.
(b) An inept burglar who fails to escape from prison.
(c) An inept burglar who escapes from prison.
(d) A cunning burglar who escapes from prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Jeronimo's House" describe?

2. What does the viewer hear in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress"?

3. How does Bishop compare an iceberg to a ship in North and South?

4. "Questions of Travel" is in what format?

5. Why does Bishop love the sea?

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