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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. What does the speaker in "Cross" take back in regard to his father?
(a) His books.
(b) A car.
(c) Money.
(d) Curses.

2. What supernatural figure appears in the poem "Sunday Morning Prophecy"?
(a) Wizards.
(b) Devils.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Fairies.

3. In the poem "Fire," who does the author say he has had more women than?
(a) Than the gardener had tomatoes.
(b) Than Pharoah had wives.
(c) Than the president had votes.
(d) Than the forest had trees.

4. What does the speaker say life is as fine as in "Life Is Fine"?
(a) A good meal.
(b) Gold.
(c) Wine.
(d) Silk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Little Old Letter," the speaker claims never to have been so lonely since when?

2. What did the speaker come home without in "Midnight Raffle"?

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

4. What do the blues prevent the speaker from doing in "Miss Blues'es Child"?

5. In "Water-Front Streets," where does the speaker claim to carry "beauties"?

(see the answer key)

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