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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) "The shining light of an angel."
(b) "The guilt of sins from yesterday."
(c) "Dark moons of weariness."
(d) "The glow of a man on fire inside."

2. What is "Prayer Meeting" an example of?
(a) Old English.
(b) Speaking in tongues.
(c) A vignette.
(d) Iambic pentameter.

3. What nickname does Sylvester give himself in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) Sylvest the Best.
(b) Sweet Papa 'Vester.
(c) Saint Sylvester.
(d) Sly Syl.

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

5. What does the speaker in "Misery" wish to hear?
(a) The sound of laughter again.
(b) Blues music.
(c) Her lover's voice.
(d) Silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the playboy mentioned in "Gone Boy" NOT go at the end of the poem?

2. In the poem "Fire," who does the author say he has had more women than?

3. How does the woman in "Strange Hurt" wander in the cold during winter?

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

5. What does Big Boy want his woman to share with him in "50-50"?

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