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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do all of the men in Karintha's life want to bring her?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Hope.
(d) Money.

2. What do the cotton song's lyrics reference?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Judgment Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

3. To what are the woman's muscles in "Face" compared?
(a) A cluster of grapes.
(b) The hard ground.
(c) A stone.
(d) A rippling river.

4. Who is observing the forest in "Nullo"?
(a) Only the speaker.
(b) The townspeople.
(c) Fern.
(d) Rhobert.

5. How is the soil described in "Song of the Son"?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Gray.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Carma take a lover?

2. How was the cotton described during November?

3. What color is the hair of the old woman described in "Face"?

4. Which alcohol does the African god drink in "Conversion"?

5. With whose religious changes does "Conversion" deal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might Toomer have chosen to use the comparative descriptor of a flower when detailing the storm in "Storm Ending"?

2. What does Paul want from Bona?

3. Given the imagery in the poem "Portrait in Georgia", how might the author view the position of black Georgian residents?

4. Why might the author have chosen to describe Cloine while sleeping in "Evening Song"?

5. How does the narrator describe Carma?

6. Given the content of the poem "Conversion," how might the author feel about the process of conversion?

7. According to Helen, why are girls fascinated with Paul?

8. Describe the procession of men leaving work as told in "Georgia Dusk."

9. How has Avey been living when the speaker encounters her in New York, and how do we know?

10. Why might the author have used the little finger as a metaphor for his entire body in "Prayer"?

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