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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is Miss Gardner in "Southern Mammy Sings"?
(a) At a funeral.
(b) In her garden.
(c) In her yard.
(d) At mass.
2. What children's rhyme does the speaker mention in "Children's Rhymes"?
(a) Jack and Jill went up the hill.
(b) The itsy-bitsy spider.
(c) One, two, buckle my shoe.
(d) Mary had a little lamb.
3. What does the speaker claim the wine-maiden's lips are as sweet as in "Midnight Dancer"?
(a) Purple dew.
(b) Molasses.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Honey.
4. What does the speaker claim is such a bore in "Ennui"?
(a) Snores.
(b) Chores.
(c) Stores.
(d) Being poor.
5. How many men are helping plan the parade in "Parade"?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Thirteen.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Madam say she'd do before she pays the rent to her landlord in "Madam and the Rent Man"?
2. What does the speaker in "Cross" take back in regard to his father?
3. Which color hands are NOT mentioned in "Daybreak in Alabama"?
4. What is the one thing the fortune teller in "Ballad of the Fortune Teller" couldn't see?
5. How large is the house that Madam has to clean in "Madam and Her Madam"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are men portrayed in the poems in "Lament Over Love"?
2. What is the commonality between all of the poems in "Lament Over Love"?
3. What does the stereotype of the poem "Uncle Tom" tap into?
4. What are three sub-themes that appear in "Note on Commercial Theater"?
5. What is the history of the word "mulatto," as evidenced in the poem of the same name?
6. How does Madam prefer to handle her suitors?
7. What does the speaker in "Hard Daddy" want to be an eagle?
8. How does the speaker compare his relationship with the South and the North in "The South"?
9. What does the speaker in "High to Low" accuse the "low" African-Americans of doing?
10. What is the common tone of the pieces in "Life Is Fine"?
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