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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Cora Unashamed" - "The Blues I'm Playing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the place to which the Ku Klux Klan members take the speaker of the poem entitled "Ku Klux"?
(a) Crowded.
(b) Lonesome.
(c) Dark.
(d) Bereft.

2. From what malady does Cora's baby die?
(a) Whooping cough.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Smallpox.

3. What is the second business that the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" had tried to run?
(a) A bar.
(b) A barbecue stand.
(c) A barber shop.
(d) A bookstore.

4. The final line of the poem "Afro-American Fragment" uses what adjective to describe the face of Africa?
(a) Wise.
(b) Dark.
(c) Noble.
(d) Wide.

5. To whom does the speaker of the poem "The Negro Mother" speak?
(a) Her nieces.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Future America.

Short Answer Questions

1. The daughter within the poem entitled "Mama and Daughter" is on her way to see whom?

2. What is Mrs. Art Studevant's response when Cora tells her that Jessie is pregnant?

3. The speaker of the poem "Final Curve" declares that "When you turn the corner and run into" (91) what, then you know you have run out of corners to turn?

4. What religious allusion does the poem "To Artina" include?

5. What is the name of the fortune teller's lover in the poem entitled "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?

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