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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VI: After Hours.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the dream a cocktail at in "Havana Dreams"?
(a) Bros'.
(b) Sloppy Joe's.
(c) Moe's.
(d) No one knows.

2. What is Joy driving in "Joy"?
(a) An imaginary buggy.
(b) The butcher's cart.
(c) A horse-drawn carriage.
(d) A fancy car.

3. What language, other than English, is used in the poem "Havana Dreams"?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Creole.
(c) Gaelic.
(d) Russian.

4. What inappropriate fashion item do the pimps wear in "What?"
(a) White shoes after Labor Day.
(b) Summer hats into late fall.
(c) Horizontal stripes.
(d) Baseball caps indoors.

5. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," where does the speaker say he has been over time?
(a) The Nile.
(b) The Euphrates.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) The Congo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the speaker so concerned about her lover in "Lover's Return"?

2. What "mellows to a golden note" in "Trumpet Player"?

3. What does the trumpet player have beneath his eyes in "Trumpet Player"?

4. What did the speaker do with his nickel in "Midnight Raffle"?

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

(see the answer key)

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