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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Country in the Woman," "The Gilded Six-Bits," "She Rock," and "The Fire and the Cloud".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which word meaning 'amen' does Hurston end the story entitled "MonkeyJunk"?
(a) Selah.
(b) Huzzah.
(c) Hallelujah.
(d) Hosannah.

2. What is the last name of the man named Beau who mistreats his woman in the story called "Black Death"?
(a) Cornerstone.
(b) Blasky.
(c) Diddely.
(d) Cartwright.

3. What weapon does Caroline bring with her as she follows Oscar to his paramour's house at the end of "She Rock"?
(a) A pistol.
(b) An axe.
(c) A scythe.
(d) A knife.

4. In which type of problematic behavior does the white woman at the end of "Drenched in Light" engage?
(a) Appropriation.
(b) Exoticism.
(c) Compartmentalization.
(d) Marginalization.

5. Moses tells the creatuure in "The Fire and the Cloud" that leaders must learn to live without what element of life?
(a) Self-delusion.
(b) Money.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Regret.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many numbered entries are contained within the story entitled "The Eatonville Anthology"?

2. What is the last name of the protagonist featured in the story entitled "The Back Room"?

3. The boy at the center of the story "A Bit of Harlem" tells the young woman that he will come back on which holiday?

4. In the story entitled "Sweat," what does Delia Jones do for a living?

5. How old is the character named Artie in the story called "Under the Bridge"?

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