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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker worry about when calling the spirits in "Prayer"?
(a) His voice will not reach them.
(b) His words will be wrong.
(c) They will not care.
(d) They will not understand him.

2. In "Her Lips are Copper Wire," what does Toomer use as a larger description theme?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Sports.
(c) Cars.
(d) Sculpture.

3. "Prayer" deals with the thematic tug and pull between what two issues?
(a) Physical/spiritual needs.
(b) God/the devil.
(c) Good/evil.
(d) Love/hate.

4. Who does Dan compare himself to when he makes the exclamation in the theater?
(a) A slave.
(b) Moses.
(c) Muriel.
(d) Jesus.

5. What ethnicity is Paul?
(a) We do not find out.
(b) Black.
(c) Mixed.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dan tell Muriel about love?

2. What is the hair of the woman described compared to in "Portrait in Georgia"?

3. Although his body is weak, how is the speaker's soul described in "Prayer"?

4. What does the speaker beat his hands against at the end of "Harvest Song"?

5. At what age does the speaker begin to tell the story of Avey?

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