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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. Which of the following voices is NOT represented within the poem entitled "Let America Be America Again"?
(a) The Native American.
(b) The immigrant.
(c) The railroad worker.
(d) The poor white person.

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

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

4. The poem "Dream Boogie" includes what salutation at its beginning?
(a) Bonsoir.
(b) Good morning.
(c) Hello.
(d) Good evening.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a type of textual inclusion used within the lengthy poem entitled "Let America Be America Again"?

2. What is the final line of the short poem entitled "Dream Dust"?

3. The poem entitled "Final Call" suggests that Robin Hood should be called upon to "clinch" (133) what type of campaign?

4. The poem "Not What Was" uses what object as a metaphor for life?

5. To whom does the speaker of the poem "The Negro Mother" speak?

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