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

2. What type of literary device is used throughout the poem entitled "Joy"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Onomatopeia.
(d) Allusion.

3. The poem entitled "Heaven" puts forth the proposition that heaven is the place where what emotion is "everywhere" (48)?
(a) Peace.
(b) Satisfaction.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Calm.

4. What element is said to be useless to "one who will not live" (132) within the poem "Junior Addict"?
(a) Water.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Rain.
(d) Sunshine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event occurred to stop the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" from running her first business?

2. The poem in the collection that focuses on Frederick Douglass has a title listing what years?

3. The poem "Troubled Woman" likens the subject to a flower in what season?

4. In what setting does the beginning of the poem "Life is Fine" take place?

5. What tool does John Henry hold in his hand within the poem entitled "Love"?

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