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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 "mellows to a golden note" in "Trumpet Player"?
(a) Rage.
(b) Trouble.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Music.

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

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

4. In "Little Old Letter," the speaker claims never to have been so lonely since when?
(a) Since she found out she was adopted.
(b) Since she first moved out on her own.
(c) Since she was born black.
(d) Since she was first left with a babysitter.

5. What does the title "Litany" refer to?
(a) A city in Africa.
(b) A prayer.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) A city in the South.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Indian merchantman doing in "Seascape"?

2. What is the title of the poem about John Brown in the "Afro-American Fragments" section?

3. Who is listening to the stories Aunt Sue tells in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?

4. What is the speaker tired of in "One-Way Ticket"?

5. With what triumphant phrase does the speaker conclude "Still Here"?

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