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

2. The speaker of the poem entitled "The South" says that the South smells of what scent?
(a) Gumbo.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Magnolias.
(d) Clean laundry.

3. The speaker of the poem "Merry-Go-Round" asks about the whereabouts of what section on the Merry-Go-Round?
(a) The Jim Crow section.
(b) The colored section.
(c) The children's section.
(d) The dragon section.

4. The poem "I, Too" is a response to a poem by which famous American poet?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) e.e. cummings.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) William Carlos Williams.

5. The poem entitled "Freedom's Plow" repeats several times that it is better to die free than to what?
(a) Lie incessantly.
(b) Live as a slave.
(c) Live in the South.
(d) Be thrown into jail.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money does the subject of the poem "Brass Spittoons" make per day?

3. How many rooms does the house have that is featured in the poem entitled "Madam and the Rent Man"?

4. The poem with a title that includes the words "The Raid" (33) also includes what date?

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

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