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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the character in Poem Seven say she could not have see her in her current situation?
(a) Her co-workers.
(b) Her classmates.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Her family.

2. What images are contrasted in Poem Six?
(a) Images of young men and images of old men.
(b) Images of battered women and images of women who have not been battered.
(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. Who does the lady in brown call to at the beginning of Poem One?
(a) The lady in blue.
(b) The lady in red.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in purple.

4. In Poem Three, what happened as a result of the main character's favorite musician not playing?
(a) She never listened to that artist again.
(b) She discovered different kinds of music.
(c) She stopped listening to worldly music.
(d) She learned to play an instrument.

5. What does each character do before anyone starts to speak?
(a) Sings a popular song.
(b) Runs on stage and falls on the floor.
(c) Runs on stage and freezes in a position of distress.
(d) Dances to a popular song.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the lady in yellow from?

2. How does the character in Poem Seven feel physically in her situation?

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

4. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "an put your hands on your hips/ an let your backbone slip"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of Poem Seven?

2. Describe Poem Two.

3. Why does the playwright use music in the play?

4. What does the final dance represent?

5. Describe the language used in Poem Nine.

6. How does the final poem sum up the dramatic and thematic journey of the play?

7. What does Poem Eighteen allow the characters to do? What do the characters use the poem to describe?

8. How did the lady in red discover God?

9. What reason do the characters give for dancing?

10. Describe Poem Nine.

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