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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IV: Land and Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is curved beneath Big Boy's arm in "Catch"?
(a) A Bible.
(b) His son's teddy bear.
(c) A few extra-long pieces of wheat.
(d) The mermaid's tail.

2. What did the speaker's mother say when life hurt her in the poem "Spirituals"?
(a) "Bless her soul, I can't forgive."
(b) "Gonna get even, just you wait!"
(c) "Gonna ride in my chariot some day!"
(d) "Ain't no sinner like a mean sinner!"

3. What are the waves kissing in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?
(a) A beautiful woman's feet.
(b) A mermaid's hair.
(c) Seashells.
(d) The moon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What women are surrounding the speaker in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?

2. What is all that a snail knows in "Snail"?

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

4. Where did the speaker in "Late Last Night" sit and cry?

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

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