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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. In "Water-Front Streets," where does the speaker claim to carry "beauties"?
(a) In his mind and soul.
(b) In his diary.
(c) In his heart and dreams.
(d) In his photo album.

2. In the poem "Feet o' Jesus," what does the author want to happen at Jesus's feet?
(a) God to show mercy.
(b) His wife to say yes to his marriage proposal.
(c) God to give him riches.
(d) His crops to sprout.

3. In "Sunday Morning Prophecy," where does the preacher encourage the congregants to give freely?
(a) In their own homes.
(b) From their kitchens.
(c) In the collection basket.
(d) In their communities.

4. What does Ruby Brown do for a living by the time the poem of her same name concludes?
(a) She quits her job but doesn't have a new one yet.
(b) She is a prostitute.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is a doctor.

5. Where does the playboy mentioned in "Gone Boy" NOT go at the end of the poem?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) Work.
(c) His parents' house.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker comment about one's mother in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?

2. What does the word "tom-toms" refer to in "Danse Africaine"?

3. What inanimate object speaks in "Heaven"?

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

5. According to the speaker in "To Be Somebody," where is there always room?

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