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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Cora Unashamed" - "The Blues I'm Playing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who pays for a new horse when Cora's father's horse dies?
(a) Ma.
(b) Mrs. Art Studevant.
(c) Pa.
(d) Cora.

2. The woman within the poem "Madam and the Census Man" tells the census man not to write down what title on the census form?
(a) Miss.
(b) Mr.
(c) Mssr.
(d) Mrs.

3. The speaker of the poem "Good Morning Revolution" suggests that soon all but which of the following will be true?
(a) No one will be hungry.
(b) No one will be cold.
(c) No one will be taken for granted.
(d) No one will be oppressed.

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) Alabama.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

5. An allusion to which famous person is NOT included within the poem entitled "Scottsboro"?
(a) Joan of Arc.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Nat Turner.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker of the poem "Merry-Go-Round" asks about the whereabouts of what section on the Merry-Go-Round?

2. The poem entitled "Cross" focuses on the experience of what type of person?

3. In the poem entitled "Prime," how much is a nickel repeatedly said to cost?

4. The speaker of the poem entitled "Junior Addict" pleads with the sunrise to come quickly out of what location?

5. The poem "Daybreak in Alabama" features a speaker who hopes to one day be what?

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