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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the poet describe the mongrel in "When Great Dogs Fight"?
(a) Loving.
(b) Strong.
(c) Mean.
(d) Weak.

2. Where are the bones of the man and snake left behind in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?
(a) The swamp.
(b) The forest.
(c) The field.
(d) The desert.

3. In "The Blindness of Scorn," what does the Malay guide become caught in?
(a) Quick. Sand.
(b) A sink hole.
(c) A web.
(d) A snake's coil.

4. In the poem "Old House," whose ghost is not welcome?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) Casper.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Lazurus's mouse.

5. Who is La Guardia?
(a) A judge.
(b) A mayor.
(c) A teacher,
(d) A writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How might one view America after reading "Rendezvous With America"?

2. What does the historian want to know in "A Primer for Today"?

3. Who is Crispus Attucks?

4. What Indian tribe tied up the man in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?

5. In the poem "Rendezvous With America," what is the population that arrives in America like?

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