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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem Sixteen, what does the narrator want to do?
(a) Cherish her capacity to love.
(b) Get over her broken heart.
(c) Stop loving the man that she loves.
(d) Find someone to love.

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

3. What is Beau's full name in Poem Nineteen?
(a) Brandon Best.
(b) James Johnson.
(c) Jerome Smalls.
(d) Willie Brown.

4. Which character says, "are we ghouls?/ children of horror?/ the joke?"
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in brown.
(c) The lady in orange.
(d) The lady in red.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many characters run off stage after the lights change at the end of Poem Five?

2. In Poem Two, what happened to the poem's main character the day after the party?

3. What is the setting of this work?

4. What did the main character in Poem Four discover as a result of her relationship?

5. According to Poem Ten, at what time do women from Louisiana shell peas?

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