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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XI: Madam to You.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Madam have a large phone bill in "Madam and the Phone Bill"?
(a) Because she fell asleep while on the phone.
(b) Because the rates went up and she didn't know.
(c) Because someone called her collect.
(d) Because the company made a mistake.

2. What did the speaker's lover in "Lover's Return" come home to do?
(a) Cry.
(b) Die.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Cook.

3. What race was Langston Hughes?
(a) Asian.
(b) African American.
(c) White.
(d) Latino.

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 sees the River Jordan.
(d) He doesn't feel any more pain.

5. What does the speaker see in "Seascape"?
(a) "A line of fishing ships."
(b) "My own future, going down with the ship."
(c) "The faces of children, dreaming of sweets."
(d) "A row of soldiers on the shore."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Joy driving in "Joy"?

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

3. What would the speaker in "Young Gal's Blues" rather be dead than?

4. What is the little girl dreaming of in "To Be Somebody"?

5. What does the speaker say life is as fine as in "Life Is Fine"?

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