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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the main character in Poem Three react when she found out that her favorite musician was not going to be playing?
(a) She tore up the musician's albums.
(b) She demanded to get her money back.
(c) She started to cry.
(d) She lost her temper.

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of literary work is For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?

2. What does the main character in Poem Four make a list of?

3. What topic is mentioned in Poem Two that leads the reader into the next poem?

4. What is the setting of this work?

5. Who is the first person to speak in the play?

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