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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sequence One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the lady in orange from?
(a) Outside St. Louis.
(b) Outside Baltimore.
(c) Outside Houston.
(d) Outside Chicago.

2. Based on Poem One, what is a major theme of the play?
(a) Death.
(b) Freedom through story-telling.
(c) Time.
(d) An individual's relations to the gods.

3. In Poem One, which character says, "and this is for colored girls who have considered suicide/but moved to the end of their own rainbows"?
(a) The lady in yellow.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The lady in blue.
(d) The lady in brown.

4. Who is the last character to speak in Poem One?
(a) The lady in purple.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in red.
(d) The lady in brown.

5. When the other character's speak in Poem Two, what do they comment on?
(a) Their memories of baptism.
(b) Their sexual experiences.
(c) The fun they had in high school.
(d) Their favorite New Year's Eve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the main character in Poem Four decide to do as a result of her relationship?

2. What do the remainder of the characters say in Poem Five keeps them from crying and dying?

3. What song plays at the beginning of Poem Two?

4. What is the title of Poem One?

5. Where is the lady in yellow from?

(see the answer key)

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