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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Island [2]" - "Un-American Investigators".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of literary device is consistently featured throughout the poem entitled "Georgia Dusk"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Diaspora.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Hyperbole.

2. How many rooms does the house have that is featured in the poem entitled "Madam and the Rent Man"?
(a) 6.
(b) 18.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

3. The speaker of the poem entitled "Junior Addict" pleads with the sunrise to come quickly out of what location?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Africa.
(d) Zimbabwe.

4. What type of funeral lies at the center of the poem entitled "Dead in There"?
(a) A night funeral.
(b) A Catholic funeral.
(c) A morning funeral.
(d) An illegal funeral.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem entitled "Love" describes the emotion of love as what kind of a wonder?

2. What type of literary device is used consistently within the first three lines of the poem entitled "Mississippi"?

3. About what type of violence does the poem entitled "Who but the Lord" revolve?

4. What is the main metaphor running through the narrative of the poem "Mother to Son"?

5. What are the four stanza titles within the poem "A House in Taos"?

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