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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 trumpet player have beneath his eyes in "Trumpet Player"?
(a) "Dark moons of weariness."
(b) "The guilt of sins from yesterday."
(c) "The glow of a man on fire inside."
(d) "The shining light of an angel."

2. What does the woman's pain tell her to do in "Strange Hurt"?
(a) "Go outside / To understand your inner turmoil."
(b) "Bathe in the river / As those before you have done."
(c) "Walk through the fire / To better know the rain."
(d) "You'll find rain better / Than shelter from the rain."

3. What did the speaker come home without in "Midnight Raffle"?
(a) A briefcase.
(b) A job.
(c) The groceries his wife asked him to buy.
(d) A dime.

4. What 2 places does the speaker go to in "Young Gal's Blues"?
(a) The beauty shop and the nail salon.
(b) The doctor's office and the hospital.
(c) The post office and the grocery store.
(d) The graveyard and the poor house.

5. How does the woman in "Strange Hurt" wander in the cold during winter?
(a) Loudly.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Scared.
(d) Naked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Sylvester give himself in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?

2. What does the speaker in "Little Old Letter" claim pen and paper have the power to do?

3. What did the speaker's lover do in "Late Last Night" that caused his/her heart to break?

4. What kind of cadence is "The Weary Blues" written in?

5. How does the speaker describe the trumpet player's music in "Trumpet Player"?

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