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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the character in Poem Seven feel mentally about her situation?
(a) She feels sad.
(b) She feel anxious.
(c) She feels happy.
(d) She feels shameful.

2. What does Poem Six say has changed about the social circles in which women seek companionship?
(a) Women can now meet rapists.
(b) Women can now meet more courtly gentlemen.
(c) Women can now get in for free.
(d) Women can now meet other women.

3. What is Poem Six about?
(a) Pregnancy.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Rape.
(d) Terrorism.

4. What ties Poems Six and Seven in Sequence Two together?
(a) Images of happiness.
(b) Images of sadness.
(c) Images of greed.
(d) Images of violence.

5. Based on Poem One, what is this play about?
(a) It is about African American women finding their voice.
(b) It is about single women and their pursuits.
(c) It is about finding love.
(d) It is about abused women in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game do the characters play at the end of the play?

2. How does the main character in Poem Four refer to her relationship with her former boyfriend?

3. What event is Poem Two about?

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

5. How many characters run onto the stage at the beginning of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?

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