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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 does the speaker wonder about his own death in "Cross"?
(a) Where he will die.
(b) Who will mourn for him.
(c) Who will get his inheritance.
(d) If anyone will even notice.

2. Where is the speaker stuck between in "Border Line"?
(a) His wife's house and his girlfriend's house.
(b) Harlem and Queens.
(c) Living and dying.
(d) A rock and a hard place.

3. What does the speaker in "Porter" have to say all the time?
(a) "Thank you, ma'am."
(b) "Thank you, sir."
(c) "Yes, sir."
(d) "No, ma'am."

4. With what triumphant phrase does the speaker conclude "Still Here"?
(a) "I'm still here for as long as she'll have me!"
(b) "I'm still here / Though you fell down along the way."
(c) "I'm still here!"
(d) "I'm still here / Though my mind is far behind."

5. What is the name of the man in "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?
(a) Samuel.
(b) John.
(c) James.
(d) Dave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Madam want her name printed in "Madam's Calling Cards"?

2. What is the name of the character in "Graduation"?

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

4. In "Water-Front Streets," where does the speaker claim to carry "beauties"?

5. When did Langston Hughes live?

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