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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. What reason does Mrs. Ellsworth give for not attending Oceola's wedding?
(a) She is spending the autumn in Europe.
(b) She is spending the summer in Europe.
(c) She is spending the winter in Europe.
(d) She is spending the spring in Europe.

2. How many weeks' wages does the casket cost for Cora's deceased baby?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. The poem entitled "To Be Somebody" has a final stanza suggests that "There's always room" (92) in what location?
(a) In Heaven.
(b) In Hell.
(c) At the bottom.
(d) At the top.

4. What is NOT a type of weather featured in the poem entitled "Still Here"?
(a) Hail.
(b) Snow.
(c) Wind.
(d) Sun.

5. The poem entitled "Africa" describes the continent as constituting what type of giant?
(a) Sleepy.
(b) Shrinking.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Menacing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the speaker of the poem "Sylvester's Dying Bed" wakes up, by whom is he surrounded?

2. From what type of building would a black Jesus be turned away, according to the speaker of the poem entitled "Bible Belt"?

3. In the poem entitled "Words Like Freedom," what other word in the poem is italicized, besides the word "freedom" (67)?

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)?

5. What two objects does the personification of war use within the poem entitled "War"?

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