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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VIII: Lament Over Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What women are surrounding the speaker in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) "My mama and wife, lights of my life."
(b) "All the womens in the town."
(c) "The two best women I ever did meet."
(d) "Mother Mary, sweet angel of mine."

2. What does the speaker in "Little Old Letter" claim pen and paper have the power to do?
(a) Burn up and turn meaningless.
(b) Take a person's life.
(c) Seal a deal.
(d) Guarantee your rights.

3. What in particular does the speaker need a dime for in "Down and Out"?
(a) Cleaning supplies.
(b) To see a movie.
(c) New shoes.
(d) A beer.

4. What do the blues prevent the speaker from doing in "Miss Blues'es Child"?
(a) Playing the trumpet well.
(b) Earning money.
(c) Singing well.
(d) Smiling.

5. In the poem "Fire," what does the author think fire is going to do?
(a) Burn his soul.
(b) Burn his house down.
(c) Burn his crops.
(d) Clean his sins away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the speaker come home without in "Midnight Raffle"?

2. What nickname does Sylvester give himself in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?

3. What kind of men does the speaker love in "Cora"?

4. Who is the song for in "Genius Child"?

5. What annoying habit of his Baby does the speaker address in "Morning After"?

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