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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. What type of funeral lies at the center of the poem entitled "Dead in There"?
(a) An illegal funeral.
(b) A night funeral.
(c) A morning funeral.
(d) A Catholic funeral.

2. What is the middle initial of the woman at the center of the poem "Madam and the Census Man"?
(a) K.
(b) L.
(c) M.
(d) N.

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

4. About whom is the speaker of the poem "Silent One" speaking?
(a) His son.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) His daughter.
(d) Her son.

5. The poem entitled "Freedom's Plow" repeats several times that it is better to die free than to what?
(a) Lie incessantly.
(b) Live as a slave.
(c) Live in the South.
(d) Be thrown into jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary Lulu Jackson is the subject of which poem?

2. What literary device is NOT used within the poem entitled "To Be Somebody"?

3. What two adjectives are part of the poem titled using two words prior to the title's final word, "freedom" (67)?

4. What kind of job does Mary Lulu Jackson tell her mother she would like to have?

5. A particular speaker within the poem entitled "Junior Addict" comments that "It's easier to get dope than it is to get a" (132) what?

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