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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem Fourteen, how does the narrator describe pleasuring herself through thought?
(a) Nonexistent.
(b) Fulfilling.
(c) Tempting.
(d) Empty.

2. 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 a courtly gentleman and images of the same men holding fists.
(d) Images of Black men and images of White men.

3. At the end of Poem Seven, how does the main character feel?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Full of life.
(c) Exhilarated.
(d) Lonely.

4. Which character narrates Poem Eleven?
(a) The lady in blue.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The lady in pink.
(d) The lady in green.

5. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "an put your hands on your hips/ an let your backbone slip"?
(a) The lady in blue.
(b) The lady in red.
(c) Everyone.
(d) The lady in green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Poem One?

2. What does the main character do to keep her Beau away in Poem Nineteen?

3. Which character relays the main narrative in Poem Two?

4. What is the title of Poem Eighteen?

5. At the end of Poem One, what type of colored girls does the narrator say this play is for?

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