The Fish part 2 by Elizabeth Bishop

Question 1

“but _______, and yellowed”

Answer 1

“but shallower, and yellowed”

Question 2

“the irises _____ and ______”

Answer 2

“the irises backed and packed”

Question 3

“with _______ tinfoil”

Answer 3

“with tarnished tinfoil”

Question 4

“seen through the _____”

Answer 4

“seen through the lenses”

Question 5

“of old scratched _______”

Answer 5

“of old scratched isinglass.”

Question 6

Quote the eighth five lines of the poem

Answer 6

“but shallower, and yellowed,
the irises backed and packed
with tarnished tinfoil
seen through the lenses
of old scratched isinglass.”

Question 7

“They _____ a little, but not”

Answer 7

“They shifted a litttle, but not”

Question 8

“To ______ my _____.”

Answer 8

“to return my stare.”

Question 9

“-it was more like the ______”

Answer 9

“-it was more like the tipping”

Question 10

“Of an ______ toward the ____.”

Answer 10

“of an object toward the light.”

Question 11

“I admired his _____ face,”

Answer 11

“I admired his sullen face,”

Question 12

Quote the ninth five lines of the poem

Answer 12

“They shifted a little, but not
to return my stare.
-It was more like the tipping
of an object toward the light.
I admired his sullen face,”

Question 13

“the ___________ of his jaw,”

Answer 13

“the mechanism of his jaw,”

Question 14

“and then I ___”

Answer 14

“and then I saw”

Question 15

“that from his ____ lip”

Answer 15

“that from his lower lip”

Question 16

“-if you ____ call it a ___-“

Answer 16

“if you could call it a lip-“

Question 17

“grim, wet, and _________,”

Answer 17

“grim, wet, and weaponlike,”

Question 18

Quote the tenth five lines of the poem

Answer 18

“the mechanism of his jaw,
and then I saw
that from his lower lip
-if you could call it a lip-
grim, wet, and weaponlike,”

Question 19

“hung five old ____ of fish-_____,”

Answer 19

“hung five old pieces of fish-line,”

Question 20

“or four and a ___ _____”

Answer 20

“or four and a wire leader”

Question 21

“with the _____ still attached,”

Answer 21

“With the swivel still attached,”

Question 22

“with all their five big _____”

Answer 22

“with all five big hooks”

Question 23

“____ firmly in his _____”

Answer 23

“grown firmly in his mouth.”

Question 24

Quote the eleventh five lines of the poem

Answer 24

“hung five old pieces of fish-line,
or four and a wire leader
with the swivel still attached,
with all their five big hooks
grown firmly in his mouth.”

Question 25

“a green ____, ______ at the end”

Answer 25

“a green line, frayed at the end”

Question 26

“where he _____ it, two _____ lines,”

Answer 26

“where he broke it, two heavier lines,”

Question 27

“and a fine black _____”

Answer 27

“and a fine black thread”

Question 28

“still ______ from the strain and ____”

Answer 28

“still crimped from the strain and snap”

Question 29

“When it ____ and he got away.”

Answer 29

“when it broke and he got away.”

Question 30

Quote the twelfth five lines of the poem

Answer 30

“A green line, frayed at the end
where he broke it, two heavier lines,
and a fine black thread
still crimped from the strain and snap
when it broke and he got away.”

Question 31

“Like _____ with their _____”

Answer 31

“like medals with their ribbons”

Question 32

“frayed and _____,”

Answer 32

“frayed and wavering,”

Question 33

“a five _____ beard of ______”

Answer 33

“a five haired beard of wisdom”

Question 34

“_____ from his _____ jaw.”

Answer 34

“trailing from his aching jaw.”

Question 35

Quote the fourteenth five lines of the poem

Answer 35

“and victory filled up
the little rented boat,
from the pool of bilge
where the oil had spread a rainbow”

Question 36

Quote the thirteenth five lines of the poem

Answer 36

“Like medals with their ribbons
frayed and wavering,
a five-haired beard of wisdom
trailing from his aching jaw.
I stared and stared”

Question 37

“I _____ and _____”

Answer 37

“I stared and stared”

Question 38

“and _____ filled up”

Answer 38

“and victory filled up”

Question 39

“the little _____ boat,”

Answer 39

“the little rented boat,”

Question 40

“from the pool of ____”

Answer 40

“from the pool of bilge”

Question 41

“where the ___ had spread a ______”

Answer 41

“where the oil had spread a rainbow”

Question 42

“around the _____ engine”

Answer 42

“around the rusted engine”

Question 43

Quote the fifteenth five lines of the poem

Answer 43

around the rusted engine
“to the bailer rusted orange,
the sun-cracked thwarts,
the oarlocks on their strings,
the gunnels-until everything
was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!
And I let the fish go.”

Question 44

“to the ____ rusted _____,”

Answer 44

“to the bailer rusted orange,”

Question 44

“the sun-cracked _____,”

Answer 44

“the sun-cracked thwarts,”

Question 45

“the ______ on their strings,”

Answer 45

“the oarlocks on their strings,”

Question 46

“the ______-until everything”

Answer 46

“the gunnels-until everything”

Question 47

“was _____, ______, ______!”

Answer 47

“was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!

Question 48

“and I ___ the fish __.”

Answer 48

“And I let the fish go.”

Question 49

Quote the full poem

Answer 49

“but shallower, and yellowed,
the irises backed and packed
with tarnished tinfoil
seen through the lenses
of old scratched isinglass.
They shifted a little, but not
to return my stare,
the mechanism of his jaw,
and then I saw
that from his lower lip
-if you could call it a lip-
grim, wet, and weaponlike,
-It was more like the tipping
of an object toward the light.
I admired his sullen face,
hung five old pieces of fish-line,
or four and a wire leader
with the swivel still attached,
with all their five big hooks
grown firmly in his mouth.
A green line, frayed at the end
where he broke it, two heavier lines,
and a fine black thread
still crimped from the strain and snap
when it broke and he got away.
Like medals with their ribbons
frayed and wavering,
a five-haired beard of wisdom
trailing from his aching jaw.
I stared and stared
and victory filled up
the little rented boat,
from the pool of bilge
where the oil had spread a rainbow
to the bailer rusted orange,
the sun-cracked thwarts,
the oarlocks on their strings,
the gunnels-until everything
was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!
And I let the fish go.”