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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?
(a) "Riding Down the River."
(b) "Shake It Shimmy."
(c) "Little Sally Walker."
(d) "Rollercoaster Ride."

2. What do all of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf have in common?
(a) They are all in their 20s.
(b) They are all White.
(c) They are all women.
(d) They are all from the suburbs.

3. What type of literary work is For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
(a) A choreopoem.
(b) A play.
(c) A fictional novel.
(d) A nonfiction novel.

4. In Poem One, which character says, "dark phrases of womanhood/of never havin been a girl"?
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in orange.
(d) The lady in red.

5. At the end of Poem One, what type of colored girls does the narrator say this play is for?
(a) Those who have found refuge in a new rainbow.
(b) Those who have moved to the ends of their own rainbow.
(c) Those who have created their own rainbow.
(d) Those who have abandoned their rainbow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "mama's little baby likes shortnin bread"?

2. Where is the lady in yellow from?

3. Based on Poem One, what is a major theme of the play?

4. What is the setting of this work?

5. What is the purpose of Poem One?

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