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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Her life is scattered with no direction.
(b) Her life is on track and very focused.
(c) She takes life seriously.
(d) Her life is perfect.

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

4. What does the lady in orange do at the end of Poem Four?
(a) She convinces the main character to leave her man.
(b) She reads her own letter to a man that she can't talk to anymore.
(c) She recaps what happened earlier in the poem.
(d) She talks to the audience about love.

5. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?
(a) "Miss Mary Mack."
(b) "Ham Bone."
(c) "Shortnin' Bread."
(d) "Jimmy James."

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Poem One, what type of colored girls does the narrator say this play is for?

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

3. 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"?

4. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "an put your hands on your hips/ an let your backbone slip"?

5. What does the main character in Poem Four decide to do as a result of her relationship?

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