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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator in Poem Fifteen describe the group that she thinks black women should become like?
(a) Dry with no rhythm.
(b) Smart with no desire for sexual pleasure.
(c) Unemotional and friendly.
(d) Talented and friendly.

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

3. What is the tone of the finale?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Desolate.
(c) Overwhelming.
(d) Hopeful.

4. What is the narrator referring to when she references her "stuff"?
(a) Her television.
(b) Her soul.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her clothes.

5. Early in Poem Three, what is the main character's favorite type of music?
(a) Rhythem and Blues.
(b) Blues.
(c) Latin music.
(d) Rock & Roll.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the lady in yellow from?

2. How are the ladies in blue, yellow, purple, and orange dancing at the start of Sequence Four?

3. Where is the lady in brown from?

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

5. In Poem Fourteen, what does the narrator say she lacks in order to look for love?

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