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

2. The speaker of the poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" suggests that the different countries named in the poem join together to sign what collective name?
(a) Proletarian.
(b) Common man.
(c) Human.
(d) Worker.

3. Mary Lulu Jackson is the subject of which poem?
(a) Harlem [2].
(b) I, Too.
(c) Graduation.
(d) The Negro Speaks of Rivers.

4. The poem entitled "A Black Pierrot" uses what literary device in crafting the first line of each stanza?
(a) Onomatopeia.
(b) Personification.
(c) Repetition.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. What type of crop is being harvested in the poem entitled "Share-Croppers"?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Corn.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Cotton.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem entitled "Heaven" puts forth the proposition that heaven is the place where what emotion is "everywhere" (48)?

2. The speaker of the poem "Negro" states that he has been a singer "all the way from Africa" (5) to where?

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

4. For what reason does the speaker of the poem "Madam and the Rent Man" refuse to pay rent?

5. The poem entitled "Share-Croppers" contains how many stanzas?

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