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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section X: Name in Uphill Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker see in "Seascape"?
(a) "My own future, going down with the ship."
(b) "The faces of children, dreaming of sweets."
(c) "A row of soldiers on the shore."
(d) "A line of fishing ships."

2. What language, other than English, is used in the poem "Havana Dreams"?
(a) Creole.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Gaelic.
(d) Russian.

3. What does the speaker claim the wine-maiden's lips are as sweet as in "Midnight Dancer"?
(a) Honey.
(b) Molasses.
(c) Purple dew.
(d) Sugar.

4. What is the speaker tired of in "One-Way Ticket"?
(a) Jim Crow laws.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) Lynching.
(d) People who are afraid of him.

5. What does the speaker pick up and take away in "One-Way Ticket"?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His Bible.
(c) His sins.
(d) His life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does Kid Sleep say he doesn't care about/doesn't want to do in "Kid Sleepy"?

2. What place is the speaker trying to avoid in "One-Way Ticket"?

3. What does the speaker say life is as fine as in "Life Is Fine"?

4. In the poem "Catch," what is Big Boy carrying on his shoulders?

5. What is Joy driving in "Joy"?

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