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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could the tone of the Four Poems indicate about the poet?
(a) She prefers to use a lot of detail.
(b) She prefers concise language.
(c) She prefers to include herself in her poems.
(d) She prefers flowery language.

2. What is Bishop's attitude toward the title character and his family in "Manuelzinho"?
(a) Caring.
(b) Cautious.
(c) Distasteful.
(d) Pitying.

3. What does Bishop's uncommon vocabulary reflect about her settings?
(a) The culture and the feel of the people.
(b) The way the people speak.
(c) The foods consumed in these places.
(d) The customs and mannerisms of the people.

4. How long did the poet actually spend in Brazil?
(a) Eighteen years.
(b) Eighteen days.
(c) Fifteen days.
(d) Fifteen years.

5. What does "Jeronimo's House" describe?
(a) A large house.
(b) A tiny house.
(c) A dog house.
(d) A barn.

6. Why is Bishop so eager to have Moore visit her?
(a) Moore had free museum passes.
(b) Moore had important connections.
(c) Moore offered to edit Bishop's poetry.
(d) Moore was a close friend.

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

8. What does the man in "The Gentleman of Shalott" believe about being only part of a man?
(a) That half is enough.
(b) That only a whole man is enough.
(c) That one quarter is enough.
(d) That one third is enough.

9. 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 father.
(d) The poet's grandfather.

10. What does the man in "Songs for a Colored Singer do?
(a) Fights too much.
(b) Drinks too much.
(c) Gambles too much.
(d) Cheats on her.

11. 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.

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

13. What accessory was Marianne Moore's trademark?
(a) Her gloves.
(b) Her purse.
(c) Her shoes.
(d) Her hat.

14. How does Bishop tend to characterize a person's feelings and moods in the poems in North and South?
(a) Compassionately.
(b) Subjectively.
(c) Objectively.
(d) Sentimentally.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the poems in Four Poems describe?

2. To what does Bishop devote three poems to in North and South?

3. What does the poem "Roosters" describe?

4. What geographical locations do the poems in North and South portray?

5. How is the water temperature described in "Cape Breton"?

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