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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Island [2]" - "Un-American Investigators".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason does the speaker of the poem "Madam and the Rent Man" refuse to pay rent?
(a) The house is in disrepair.
(b) The landlord has forgiven her rent for the month.
(c) She has already paid rent for the month.
(d) Her husband has already paid the rent for the month.

2. Who pawns the item within the poem entitled "Could Be"?
(a) The speaker's son.
(b) The speaker.
(c) The speaker's ex-lover.
(d) The speaker's mother.

3. What two objects does the personification of war use within the poem entitled "War"?
(a) A broom and a mop.
(b) A pen and a tablet.
(c) A mirror and a torch.
(d) A fork and a knife.

4. What state is focused upon within the poem that contains as its first three lines, "Oh, what sorrow!/Oh, what pity!/O, what pain" (115)?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Alabama.

5. The speaker of the poem entitled "Without Benefit of Declaration" rails against what element of society?
(a) Drugs.
(b) War.
(c) Racism.
(d) Rape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final word included in the poem entitled "Un-American Investigators"?

2. In the poem "To Be Somebody," what object does the "little boy" (92) dream of?

3. The speaker of the poem entitled "Advice" says that "dying is" (97) what?

4. What are the final two words of the lengthy poem entitled "Freedom's Plow"?

5. What literary technique is used throughout the poem "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?

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