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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character narrates Poem Fifteen?
(a) The lady in orange.
(b) The lady in yellow.
(c) The lady in purple.
(d) The lady in blue.

2. What did the main character in Poem Four discover as a result of her relationship?
(a) She can't stand Black men.
(b) She can't stand living alone.
(c) She can't stand not being married.
(d) She can't stand not being wanted.

3. What is Poem Fourteen about?
(a) The narrator's love of friendship.
(b) The narrator's irritation with men.
(c) The narrator's need to be loved by a man.
(d) The narrator's need for a new man.

4. What is the only way that the lady in orange says she can communicate at the beginning of Poem Five?
(a) Through singing.
(b) Through poetry.
(c) Through writing letters.
(d) Through dancing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the marathon that the main character in Poem Three was attending?

2. Who does the main character in Poem Eighteen speak with in the poem?

3. Who takes the "stuff" in Poem Seventeen?

4. How does the narrator end Poem Fourteen?

5. What does the lady in orange do at the end of Poem Four?

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