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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. Where is the speaker stuck between in "Border Line"?
(a) Living and dying.
(b) His wife's house and his girlfriend's house.
(c) Harlem and Queens.
(d) A rock and a hard place.

2. Where does the speaker find himself after dying in the poem "Judgment Day"?
(a) In Hell.
(b) Back in Atlanta.
(c) With God.
(d) Back in his childhood bedroom.

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

4. What would the speaker in "Young Gal's Blues" rather be dead than?
(a) Ugly and old.
(b) Ugly and poor.
(c) Old and stupid.
(d) Poor and stupid.

5. What "mellows to a golden note" in "Trumpet Player"?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Trouble.
(c) Rage.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the congregation crying out to in "Shout"?

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

4. What did the speaker's mother say when life hurt her in the poem "Spirituals"?

5. What time does the speaker mention going down to the river in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?

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