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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Cora Unashamed" - "The Blues I'm Playing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a theme depicted in the poem entitled "Freedom's Plow"?
(a) Community.
(b) Deception.
(c) Freedom.
(d) American innovation.

2. What is the final word included in the poem entitled "Un-American Investigators"?
(a) Shit.
(b) Rubbish.
(c) Manure.
(d) Fertilizer.

3. The poem "Troubled Woman" likens the subject to a flower in what season?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

4. The poem "I, Too" is a response to a poem by which famous American poet?
(a) William Carlos Williams.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) e.e. cummings.

5. The speaker of the poem "Juke Box Love Song" is addressing a woman who, according to him, is NOT what?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Sweet.
(c) Brown.
(d) From Harlem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the speaker of the poem "Midnight Raffle" invest in the raffle?

2. Besides English, what other language is included within the poem entitled "Final Call"?

3. The speaker of the poem entitled "Advice" says that "birthing is" (97) what?

4. What is said to be Cora's one vice within the story "Cora Unashamed"?

5. What literary device is NOT used within the poem entitled "To Be Somebody"?

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