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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Arrival at Santos" depict?
(a) The poet's first experience with border guards.
(b) The poet's first experience with Brazilian scenery and culture.
(c) The poet's first experience with travel.
(d) The poet's first experience with Brazilian food.

2. What are two sounds the poet appreciates in "Questions of Travel"?
(a) Wooden clogs and a bird's song.
(b) Wind and roosters.
(c) Rain and frogs.
(d) Tap shoes and a cricket's chirp.

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

4. What is a running theme in many of the poems in Cold Spring?
(a) Weather.
(b) Swimming.
(c) The sea.
(d) Spring.

5. What does the title character in "Manuelzinho" do?
(a) Feeds his family and pets.
(b) Steals.
(c) Gets a job.
(d) Spends money on his father's funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is depicted in "Visits to St. Elizabeth's"?

2. What is one question the poet asks in "Questions of Travel"?

3. What are two things Bishop and Moore can do together, as described in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?

4. Who do the characters pick up in "Manners"?

5. What makes the singer realize she is not dreaming in "Songs for a Colored Singer"?

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