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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 blue.
(b) The lady in yellow.
(c) The lady in brown.
(d) The lady in purple.

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

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

4. What is the setting of this work?
(a) Africa.
(b) Europe.
(c) Asia.
(d) America.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?

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 game do the characters play at the end of the play?

4. What does the narrator mean when she says, "dark phrases of womanhood/ of never havin been a girl/ half-notes scattered/ without rhythm" in Poem One?

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

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