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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. What instrument does the subject of the poem "The Weary Blues" play?
(a) Violin.
(b) Bass.
(c) Piano.
(d) Drums.

2. What are the four stanza titles within the poem "A House in Taos"?
(a) Rain, snow, moon, and wind.
(b) Rain, hail, moon, and wind.
(c) Rain, sun, moon, and wind.
(d) Rain, sleet, moon, and wind.

3. To what personality does the speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" NOT allude within the poem?
(a) W.E.B. DuBois.
(b) Marian Anderson.
(c) Joe Louis.
(d) Muhammed Ali.

4. When the speaker of the poem "Sylvester's Dying Bed" wakes up, by whom is he surrounded?
(a) Family members.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Women from the town.

5. What advice does the gypsy give to the speaker of the poem entitled "Bad Luck Card"?
(a) To commit suicide.
(b) To pray.
(c) To place a knife underneath his bed.
(d) To find a lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a theme depicted in the poem entitled "Freedom's Plow"?

2. The poem entitled "Heaven" puts forth the proposition that heaven is the place where what emotion is "everywhere" (48)?

3. What is the name of the fortune teller's lover in the poem entitled "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?

4. The poem entitled "Snail" states that the snail knows two things. What are they?

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

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