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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What event is Poem Two about?
(a) Graduation night.
(b) Baptism.
(c) College acceptance.
(d) New Year's Eve.

3. Where is the lady in green from?
(a) Outside St. Louis.
(b) Outside San Francisco.
(c) Outside Baltimore.
(d) Outside Houston.

4. What topic is mentioned in Poem Two that leads the reader into the next poem?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Latin dances.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Violence.

5. What is the purpose of Poem One?
(a) It is a song about the main characters.
(b) It is the introduction to a character's life.
(c) It is a preface to the story.
(d) It is an innvocation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the race of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?

2. How many characters run onto the stage at the beginning of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?

3. What does the lady in orange do at the end of Poem Four?

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

5. In Poem Two, how does the poem's main character feel after she and her friends had a lot to drink, danced, and got sexy?

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