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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "In Time of Silver Rain" - "Fulfillment".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second business that the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" had tried to run?
(a) A bar.
(b) A barbecue stand.
(c) A barber shop.
(d) A bookstore.

2. What type of literary device is used throughout the poem entitled "Joy"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Onomatopeia.
(d) Allusion.

3. What is the middle initial of the speaker in the poem "Madam's Past History"?
(a) L.
(b) K.
(c) Y.
(d) A.

4. The speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" describes Harlem as "a tear you turn into a" (73) what?
(a) River.
(b) Suit of armor.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Smile.

5. The speaker of the poem entitled "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" uses a simile to state that what object of his has "grown deep like the rivers" (3)?
(a) His soul.
(b) His aura.
(c) His mind.
(d) His passion.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" relies upon which literary device throughout the entirety of the poem?

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

3. How old were the two boys to whom the poem "The Bitter River" is dedicated?

4. To whom does the speaker of the poem "The Negro Mother" speak?

5. What is the main metaphor running through the narrative of the poem "Mother to Son"?

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