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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IV: Land and Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the speaker find himself after dying in the poem "Judgment Day"?
(a) In Hell.
(b) Back in Atlanta.
(c) With God.
(d) Back in his childhood bedroom.

2. What does the speaker see in "Seascape"?
(a) "The faces of children, dreaming of sweets."
(b) "A line of fishing ships."
(c) "My own future, going down with the ship."
(d) "A row of soldiers on the shore."

3. What is curved beneath Big Boy's arm in "Catch"?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A few extra-long pieces of wheat.
(c) The mermaid's tail.
(d) His son's teddy bear.

4. What are the tambourines being played for in "Tambourines"?
(a) A wedding.
(b) Peace.
(c) Glory.
(d) A funeral.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows the speaker a bad luck card in "Bad Luck Card"?

2. What is the Indian merchantman doing in "Seascape"?

3. What does the speaker say is a strong thing in "Spirituals"?

4. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," where does the speaker say he has been over time?

5. What are the waves cutting the darkness with in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?

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