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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "mama's little baby likes shortnin bread"?
(a) The lady in purple.
(b) Everyone.
(c) The lady in orange.
(d) The lady in yellow.

3. In Sequence One, which character says, "sneakin in under age to slug's/ to stare ata real 'artiste'/ & every word outta imamu's mouth waz gospel"?
(a) The lady in yellow.
(b) The lady in red.
(c) The lady in blue.
(d) The lady in green.

4. 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 in their 20s.
(b) They are all women.
(c) They are all White.
(d) They are all from the suburbs.

5. 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"?
(a) The lady in yellow.
(b) The ladty in red.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on Poem One, what is this play about?

2. What is the second word spoken in Poem Seven?

3. Where is the lady in green from?

4. Based on Poem One, what is a major theme of the play?

5. Which character(s) run off the stage after the start of Poem Seven?

(see the answer key)

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