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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the characters ironically suggest in Poem Six?
(a) A women raped by someone she knows, asks for it.
(b) A battered woman is a weak woman.
(c) A pregnant teen has no morals.
(d) A failed marriage is always the woman's fault.

2. How does the main character in Poem Four refer to her relationship with her former boyfriend?
(a) "A crash course in love."
(b) "A last chance."
(c) "An experiment."
(d) "A test."

3. What event occurred that made the narrator of Poem Thirteen change the way that she danced?
(a) Her boyfriend broke up with her.
(b) She found out her man was cheating on her.
(c) She saw the woman that her man left her for.
(d) She met a new man at the bar.

4. What images are contrasted in Poem Six?
(a) Images of Black men and images of White men.
(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 battered women and images of women who have not been battered.

5. Which character(s) run off the stage after the start of Poem Seven?
(a) The ladies in red and green.
(b) The ladies in blue and purple.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in purple.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character narrates Poem Sixteen?

3. What is the mood of the finale?

4. What does the narrator say she used to bring a man in the finale?

5. Who does the character in Poem Seven say she could not have see her in her current situation?

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