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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 used consistently within the first three lines of the poem entitled "Mississippi"?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Interjection.
(d) Allusion.

2. From whose point of view is the poem "Late Last Night" told?
(a) From an omniscient narrator's point of view.
(b) From the jilted female lover's point of view.
(c) From the point of view of God.
(d) From the jilted male lover's point of view.

3. What term is used to describe the people who bury the man at the center of the poem "Dead in There"?
(a) Squares.
(b) Cats.
(c) Judges.
(d) Busybodies.

4. What is the final verb used in the poem entitled "Question and Answer," when the optimistic speaker within the poem says his final piece?
(a) Rejuvenate.
(b) Sublimate.
(c) Remake.
(d) Revive.

5. What instrument does the subject of the poem "The Weary Blues" play?
(a) Violin.
(b) Bass.
(c) Piano.
(d) Drums.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "America" focuses on which two marginalized groups?

2. What is NOT a theme depicted in the poem entitled "Freedom's Plow"?

3. What advice does the gypsy give to the speaker of the poem entitled "Bad Luck Card"?

4. The "bitter river" (50) in the poem of the same name is said to "reflect no" (50) what?

5. From what type of building would a black Jesus be turned away, according to the speaker of the poem entitled "Bible Belt"?

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