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

2. What is the one thing the fortune teller in "Ballad of the Fortune Teller" couldn't see?
(a) Where her lover went.
(b) When she was going to die.
(c) That she was going to be robbed.
(d) That her business was going to go bankrupt.

3. How does the speaker describe the plants in "Garden"?
(a) As angry and ugly.
(b) As boring and ignorant.
(c) As beautiful and relaxing.
(d) As strange and distorted.

4. What annoying habit of his Baby does the speaker address in "Morning After"?
(a) Leaving dishes out all the time.
(b) Snoring.
(c) Sneezing.
(d) Drooling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What race was Langston Hughes?

2. How does the speaker describe the trumpet player's music in "Trumpet Player"?

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

4. What color does the speaker in "Wake" tell his mourners to wear?

5. What kind of men does the speaker love in "Cora"?

(see the answer key)

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