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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sequence Four.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What dilemmas does the narrator in Poem Sixteen believe she is caught up in?
(a) The dilemmas of being a woman, alive, and black.
(b) The dilemmas of being emotional, black woman.
(c) The dilemmas of being smart, rich, and black.
(d) The dilemmas of being a single, white woman.
2. What was the profession of the main character in Poem Eight?
(a) A boat operator.
(b) A maid.
(c) A gypsy woman.
(d) A carnival dancer.
3. In Poem Two, where does the poem's main character go with the guy she met at the party?
(a) To a swing on the back porch.
(b) To his house down the street.
(c) To a friend's house down the street.
(d) To his Buick in the parking lot.
4. What does the narrator in Poem Fifteen think black woman deal with too much?
(a) Change.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Rage.
(d) Hate.
5. How does the narrator in Poem Seven tell her story?
(a) She uses poetic imagry.
(b) She compares and contrasts situations.
(c) She foreshadowing.
(d) She uses illiteration.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the setting of this work?
2. How does the main character in Poem Four refer to her relationship with her former boyfriend?
3. Which character in the play tells the story in Poem Eight?
4. What ties Poems Two, Three, Four, and Five in Sequence One together?
5. What does the narrator say to begin Poem Sixteen?
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