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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section X: Name in Uphill Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the speaker say Harlem is in "Puzzled"?
(a) On the edge of hell.
(b) In the note of every Blues' song.
(c) At the edge of America.
(d) In every man's heart.

2. Where is Happiness in "Heaven"?
(a) Everywhere.
(b) None of these answers is correct.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Both of these answers are correct.

3. What is the little girl dreaming of in "To Be Somebody"?
(a) A baby grand piano.
(b) A dollhouse.
(c) A prince in a castle.
(d) A castle on a cloud.

4. What country is NOT mentioned in any of the poems in "Sea and Land"?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Cuba.

5. What is the name of the character in "Graduation"?
(a) Jackson Bartlet.
(b) Mary Beth Wilson.
(c) Jackson Barton.
(d) Mary Lulu Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Gypsy need in her hand in "Ballad of the Gypsy" before she reads the speaker's fortune?

2. What does the speaker claim is such a bore in "Ennui"?

3. What does the speaker in "Mother to Son" claim her life has NOT been?

4. What does the speaker claim people do on the sea in "Long Trip"?

5. What are the waves kissing in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?

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