1. 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 meet other women.
(d) Women can now get in for free.

2. Which character(s) run off the stage after the start of Poem Seven?
(a) The lady in purple.
(b) The ladies in red and green.
(c) The ladies in blue and purple.
(d) The lady in green.

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

4. What ties Poems Two, Three, Four, and Five in Sequence One together?
(a) The image of singing.
(b) The image of laughter.
(c) The image of dancing.
(d) The image of sorrow.

5. In Poem Three, what happened as a result of the main character's favorite musician not playing?
(a) She discovered different kinds of music.
(b) She never listened to that artist again.
(c) She learned to play an instrument.
(d) She stopped listening to worldly music.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sequence One, which character says, "forty poems 2 plants &3 handmade notecards i left/ town so i cd send to you have been no help to me/ on my job"?

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

3. In Poem One, which character says, "dark phrases of womanhood/of never havin been a girl"?

4. What event is Poem Two about?

5. What is the title of Poem One?

(see the answer key)

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