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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of event does the character in the play describe at the start of Poem Eight?
(a) Street Fairs.
(b) Quadroon balls.
(c) Weddings.
(d) Mardi Gras Parades.

2. Based on Poem One, what is this play about?
(a) It is about single women and their pursuits.
(b) It is about abused women in America.
(c) It is about finding love.
(d) It is about African American women finding their voice.

3. In Poem Six, which character says,"these men friends of ours/ who smile nice/ stay employed/ and take us out to dinner"?
(a) The lady in purple.
(b) The lady in brown.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in red.

4. How does the main character in Poem Four refer to her relationship with her former boyfriend?
(a) "An experiment."
(b) "A crash course in love."
(c) "A last chance."
(d) "A test."

5. In Poem Fourteen, what does the narrator say she lacks in order to look for love?
(a) Courage.
(b) Good looks.
(c) Financial resources.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beau's full name in Poem Nineteen?

2. Who does the narrator in Poem Fifteen suggest that black women should act like?

3. Which character tells the story in Poem Eight?

4. In Sequence One, which character says, "sneakin in under age to slug's/ to stare ata real 'artiste'/ & every word outta imamu's mouth waz gospel"?

5. What is the title of Poem Eighteen?

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