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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Poem Two, how does the poem's main character feel after she and her friends had a lot to drink, danced, and got sexy?
(a) "Silly."
(b) "Wonderfully free."
(c) "Totally immature."
(d) "Finallly grown."

4. What images are contrasted in Poem Six?
(a) Images of battered women and images of women who have not been battered.
(b) Images of young men and images of old men.
(c) Images of Black men and images of White men.
(d) Images of a courtly gentleman and images of the same men holding fists.

5. What do all of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf have in common?
(a) They are all women.
(b) They are all from the suburbs.
(c) They are all White.
(d) They are all in their 20s.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Poem Six, which character says,"these men friends of ours/ who smile nice/ stay employed/ and take us out to dinner"?

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

4. What does the main character in Poem Four read to the audience?

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

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