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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" - "Let America Be America Again".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main metaphor running through the narrative of the poem "Mother to Son"?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Telephones.
(d) Stairs.

2. The poem entitled "Cross" focuses on the experience of what type of person?
(a) Enslaved.
(b) Biracial.
(c) Religious.
(d) Developmentally disabled.

3. The poem entitled "Share-Croppers" has stanzas that contain how many lines within each?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

4. The poem "America" focuses on which two marginalized groups?
(a) African-Americans and women.
(b) African-Americans and gay people.
(c) African-Americans and Jewish-Americans.
(d) African-Americans and Mexican-Americans.

5. The poem "Troubled Woman" likens the subject to a flower in what season?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of crop is being harvested in the poem entitled "Share-Croppers"?

2. The speaker of the poem "The South" says at the end of the poem that he will soon seek the North, for he has heard it said that the North is what?

3. The speaker of the poem "Good Morning Revolution" suggests that soon all but which of the following will be true?

4. The poem entitled "A Black Pierrot" uses what literary device in crafting the first line of each stanza?

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)?

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