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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Jeronimo's House" reflect about the poet?
(a) Her love for spacious houses.
(b) Her love for her dog.
(c) Her love for Spanish things.
(d) Her love for small houses.

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

3. What does Micucu's auntie do in "The Burglar of Babylon"?
(a) Takes him into her home.
(b) Throws him out of her home.
(c) Gives him money.
(d) Withholds money.

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

5. To what does the poet compare the long, relentless rain in "Questions of Travel"?
(a) A preacher's sermon.
(b) A preacher's nose.
(c) A politician's nose.
(d) A politician's speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. The structure of the poem "Visits to St. Elizabeth's" is the same as what song?

2. What were the poet's initial reactions to Brazil?

3. How long did the poet actually spend in Brazil?

4. To what topic do many of Bishop's observations in the poems in North and South pertain?

5. What is described in the poem "Paris, 7 A.M."?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bishop liken an iceberg to the soul in "The Imaginary Iceberg"?

2. What is similar about the poems in North and South devoted to morning?

3. How would you characterize the speaker's relationship to the title character in "Manuelzinho"?

4. How does Bishop portray the hermit's loneliness in "Chemin de Fer"?

5. How is the writing style in "The Riverman" unlike most of Bishop's poems?

6. Why does "Arrival at Santos" end with the tour group heading toward the interior of Brazil?

7. In what form is "The Burglar of Babylon" written? Why does the poet use this form?

8. In "Electrical Storm," why are the pearls twice described as dead?

9. How do the poet's descriptions in "Arrival at Santos" reflect her dual state of mind?

10. Why does the character in "The Gentleman of Shalott" think half of him would be enough?

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