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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XIII: Words Like Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many women are helping plan the parade in "Parade"?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Thirteen.

2. How does Madam want her name printed in "Madam's Calling Cards"?
(a) In "Old English."
(b) In Italian.
(c) In "Roman."
(d) In "American."

3. Where does the speaker say Harlem is in "Puzzled"?
(a) In the note of every Blues' song.
(b) At the edge of America.
(c) In every man's heart.
(d) On the edge of hell.

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

5. When did Langston Hughes live?
(a) 1960 - 2003.
(b) 1802 - 1864.
(c) 1902 - 1964.
(d) 1935 - 1998.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker claim is such a bore in "Ennui"?

2. What does the speaker hope for her child in the poem "Lament over Love"?

3. What does the speaker claim "Madam" stands for in "Madam's Past History"?

4. What does the speaker in "Misery" wish to hear?

5. What does the speaker in "Mother to Son" claim her life has NOT been?

(see the answer key)

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