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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. The final line of the poem "Afro-American Fragment" uses what adjective to describe the face of Africa?
(a) Noble.
(b) Dark.
(c) Wide.
(d) Wise.

2. The speaker of the poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" suggests that the different countries named in the poem join together to sign what collective name?
(a) Human.
(b) Proletarian.
(c) Common man.
(d) Worker.

3. About what type of violence does the poem entitled "Who but the Lord" revolve?
(a) Military operations.
(b) Domestic violence.
(c) Police brutality.
(d) Schoolyard bullying.

4. What is NOT a type of textual inclusion used within the lengthy poem entitled "Let America Be America Again"?
(a) Exclamation points.
(b) Italics.
(c) Parentheses.
(d) Semicolons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "I Dream a World," to what object does the speaker compare joy by using a simile?

2. The speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" describes Harlem as "a tear you turn into a" (73) what?

3. 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?

4. To what personality does the speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" NOT allude within the poem?

5. What are the final two words of the lengthy poem entitled "Freedom's Plow"?

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