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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VIII: Lament Over Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Down and Out" want from her lover?
(a) Money.
(b) Kisses.
(c) A new car.
(d) New shoes.

2. Where did the speaker in "Late Last Night" sit and cry?
(a) At the cemetary.
(b) In the garden.
(c) At the bank.
(d) On the steps.

3. How does the speaker describe the trumpet player's music in "Trumpet Player"?
(a) Like "mother's voice / Through the darkest of nights."
(b) Like "a sick cat / Crying for the final dawn."
(c) Like "honey / Mixed with liquid fire."
(d) Like "angel's voice / Filled with sorrow."

4. What does Big Boy want his woman to share with him in "50-50"?
(a) Her bed -- and her whole house.
(b) Her bed -- and her money.
(c) Her house -- and her new car.
(d) Her kitchen -- and her garden.

5. What did the speaker's mother say when life hurt her in the poem "Spirituals"?
(a) "Gonna get even, just you wait!"
(b) "Bless her soul, I can't forgive."
(c) "Gonna ride in my chariot some day!"
(d) "Ain't no sinner like a mean sinner!"

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the speaker think the distance is between "here and there" in the poem "Border Line"?

2. What does the speaker compare love to in "Lament over Love"?

3. What does the speaker comment about one's mother in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?

4. What supernatural figure appears in the poem "Sunday Morning Prophecy"?

5. In the poem "Fire," what does the author think fire is going to do?

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