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

2. What kind of job does Mary Lulu Jackson tell her mother she would like to have?
(a) A typist.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A bookseller.
(d) A milliner.

3. In the poem entitled "Words Like Freedom," what other word in the poem is italicized, besides the word "freedom" (67)?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Justice.
(c) Solvency.
(d) Pride.

4. For what reason does the speaker of the poem "Madam and the Rent Man" refuse to pay rent?
(a) The landlord has forgiven her rent for the month.
(b) She has already paid rent for the month.
(c) The house is in disrepair.
(d) Her husband has already paid the rent for the month.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the main theme of the poem entitled "Still Here"?

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

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

5. 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?

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