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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. Where is Happiness in "Heaven"?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Everywhere.
(c) Both of these answers are correct.
(d) None of these answers is correct.

2. What did the speaker's lover do in "Late Last Night" that caused his/her heart to break?
(a) Lost all their money gambling.
(b) Died.
(c) Had an affair.
(d) Look at him/her cross-eyed.

3. Where does Madam dream of playing the numbers in "Madam and the Number Writer"?
(a) In a very classy gambling club in Vegas.
(b) Out in public like white people.
(c) In heaven.
(d) Back in Atlanta with her family.

4. Where is Miss Michaelmas in "Southern Mammy Sings"?
(a) In her yard.
(b) In her garden.
(c) At a funeral.
(d) At mass.

5. Which two countries are mentioned in "Seascape"?
(a) Peru and Cuba.
(b) Ireland and England.
(c) Peru and England.
(d) American and Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Miss Yardman in "Southern Mammy Sings"?

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

3. What does the speaker say the sea is a wilderness of in "Long Trip"?

4. Where is Miss Gardner in "Southern Mammy Sings"?

5. What does the speaker hope for her child in the poem "Lament over Love"?

(see the answer key)

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