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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 hope for her child in the poem "Lament over Love"?
(a) The he or she will never love a man.
(b) That he or she will go to college.
(c) That he or she will not grow up to be poor.
(d) That he or she will stop being so bratty all the time.

2. What in particular does the speaker need a dime for in "Down and Out"?
(a) Cleaning supplies.
(b) A beer.
(c) New shoes.
(d) To see a movie.

3. What does the speaker comment about one's mother in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?
(a) That she is dead and gone.
(b) That she is always nagging him.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) That there was no one like her.

4. Who is playing music in "The Weary Blues"?
(a) A white man.
(b) A black woman.
(c) A black man.
(d) A white woman.

5. What color does the speaker in "Wake" tell his mourners to wear?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Pink

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the speaker in "Young Gal's Blues" rather be dead than?

2. Who is the song for in "Genius Child"?

3. What did the speaker's lover in "Lover's Return" come home to do?

4. What does the speaker say is a strong thing in "Spirituals"?

5. What does the speaker encourage the reader to wonder about when down by the river?

(see the answer key)

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