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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IX: Magnolia Flowers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the waves cutting the darkness with in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?
(a) Their silver shanks.
(b) An eerie silence.
(c) Thier bioluminescent spheres.
(d) The sounds of their crashes.

2. What does the speaker say is a strong thing in "Spirituals"?
(a) Nature.
(b) Water.
(c) Song.
(d) Hatred.

3. What kind of cadence is "The Weary Blues" written in?
(a) The cadence of rap music.
(b) The cadence of a sermon.
(c) The cadence of a blues song.
(d) The cadence of classical music.

4. What does the speaker in "Life Is Fine" decide he was born for?
(a) "Cryin'"
(b) "Singin'"
(c) "Dyin'"
(d) "Livin'"

5. What is the Indian merchantman doing in "Seascape"?
(a) Going out to sea.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Coming home.
(d) Being buried.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Catch," what is Big Boy carrying on his shoulders?

2. Where is Happiness in "Heaven"?

3. What does the title "Litany" refer to?

4. What does Big Boy want his woman to share with him in "50-50"?

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

(see the answer key)

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