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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 did Hattie want Hammond to buy when he was out?
(a) Wine.
(b) Butter.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Bread.

2. What does the speaker say life is as fine as in "Life Is Fine"?
(a) Wine.
(b) Silk.
(c) A good meal.
(d) Gold.

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

4. What does the speaker pick up and take away in "One-Way Ticket"?
(a) His Bible.
(b) His sins.
(c) His life.
(d) His wallet.

5. How does the speaker describe the plants in "Garden"?
(a) As angry and ugly.
(b) As boring and ignorant.
(c) As strange and distorted.
(d) As beautiful and relaxing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What women are surrounding the speaker in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?

2. Why does the speaker in "Necessity" finally decide he has to work after all?

3. What does the speaker in "Down and Out" want from her lover?

4. What would the speaker in "Young Gal's Blues" rather be dead than?

5. What is Big Boy going to do with the object on his shoulders in "Catch"?

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