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

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

3. How does the speaker describe the plants in "Garden"?
(a) As boring and ignorant.
(b) As angry and ugly.
(c) As beautiful and relaxing.
(d) As strange and distorted.

4. What is one way Sylvester knows he is dying in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) He saw it earlier in a dream.
(b) He hears Jesus talking to him.
(c) He doesn't feel any more pain.
(d) He sees the River Jordan.

5. What does the speaker in "Little Old Letter" claim pen and paper have the power to do?
(a) Guarantee your rights.
(b) Burn up and turn meaningless.
(c) Seal a deal.
(d) Take a person's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker hope for her child in the poem "Lament over Love"?

2. What "mellows to a golden note" in "Trumpet Player"?

3. Why is the speaker so concerned about her lover in "Lover's Return"?

4. What do the blues prevent the speaker from doing in "Miss Blues'es Child"?

5. Who is sitting in the amen-corner of the church in "Prayer Meeting"?

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