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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 action does the group of white men take in response to seeing Roy talking to a white woman?
(a) They run him out of town.
(b) They beat him up.
(c) They lynch him.
(d) They have him arrested.

2. What word is used to describe the "eyes" (116) of terror in the poem entitled "Mississippi"?
(a) Jaundiced.
(b) Evil.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Sinister.

3. What is the final line of the short poem entitled "Dream Dust"?
(a) Not on your life.
(b) Not for sale.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Up for grabs.

4. How old is Jessie when she becomes pregnant?
(a) 19.
(b) 22.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

5. What musician is NOT alluded to within the poem entitled "Projection"?
(a) Sammy Davis.
(b) Jackie Mabley.
(c) Billie Holiday.
(d) Dizzy Gillespie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cora's position with the Studevants in the story Cora Unashamed is compared with what object using a metaphor?

3. What are the four stanza titles within the poem "A House in Taos"?

4. What instrument does the subject of the poem "The Weary Blues" play?

5. The speaker of the poem entitled "The South" says that the South smells of what scent?

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