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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 Yardman in "Southern Mammy Sings"?
(a) At a funeral.
(b) At mass.
(c) In her garden.
(d) In her yard.

2. Where is Miss Michaelmas in "Southern Mammy Sings"?
(a) At a funeral.
(b) In her yard.
(c) In her garden.
(d) At mass.

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

4. How much does the character's buddy earn a week in "Buddy"?
(a) Twelve a week.
(b) Twenty a week.
(c) Ten a week.
(d) Fifteen a week.

5. Why doesn't the speaker in "Preference" like younger girls?
(a) Because they always want something from him.
(b) Because they cry too much.
(c) Because they are too dependent on their parents.
(d) Because they don't let him boss them around.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Life Is Fine" decide he was born for?

2. What job does Ruby Brown have when the poem of her same name starts?

3. What four things does the speaker in "Necessity" say he must do (in the beginning of the poem)?

4. What is the speaker tired of in "One-Way Ticket"?

5. Why does the speaker prefer older women in "Preference"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the speaker talking about in "Note on Commercial Theater"?

2. Why do some of the women in the "Lament Over Love" section claim to still participate in bad relationships with men?

3. What comparison is made in "Me and the Mule"?

4. How are men portrayed in the poems in "Lament Over Love"?

5. What is the common tone of the pieces in "Life Is Fine"?

6. What are three sub-themes that appear in "Note on Commercial Theater"?

7. Which famous line of Langston Hughes is in "Harlem"?

8. Why does the speaker in "Third Degree" confess to police?

9. How do the poems in "Life Is Fine" treat life's trials and tribulations?

10. What one notable thing does the poem "Daybreak" address in the "Magnolia Flowers" section that the others do not?

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