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

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

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

4. What kind of cadence is "The Weary Blues" written in?
(a) The cadence of a blues song.
(b) The cadence of classical music.
(c) The cadence of a sermon.
(d) The cadence of rap music.

5. What is the Indian merchantman doing in "Seascape"?
(a) Going out to sea.
(b) Being buried.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Coming home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the speaker in "I, Too" hope to be "tomorrow" when he is eating?

2. Where does the speaker think the distance is between "here and there" in the poem "Border Line"?

3. What is so exceptional about the Freedom Train mentioned in "Freedom Train"?

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

5. What children's rhyme does the speaker mention in "Children's Rhymes"?

(see the answer key)

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