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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does the census man within the poem "Madam and the Census Man" want to put down in place of the woman's middle initial?
(a) Kay.
(b) En.
(c) Em.
(d) Ell.

2. The poem entitled "To Be Somebody" has a final stanza suggests that "There's always room" (92) in what location?
(a) In Heaven.
(b) In Hell.
(c) At the bottom.
(d) At the top.

3. What word is used to describe the "eyes" (116) of terror in the poem entitled "Mississippi"?
(a) Jaundiced.
(b) Evil.
(c) Sinister.
(d) Yellow.

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

5. The Black Panther in the poem of the same name is said to "wear no" (141) what?
(a) Badge of honor.
(b) Smile.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Disguise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of trees are featured in the ending of the poem entitled "Birmingham Sunday"?

2. The trumpet player featured within the poem of the same name is said to play music that "is honey mixed with" (82) what?

3. About which religious figure is the poem entitled "Encounter"?

4. What term is used to describe the people who bury the man at the center of the poem "Dead in There"?

5. The speaker of the poem entitled "Junior Addict" pleads with the sunrise to come quickly out of what location?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the appearance of the theme of redemption within the poem entitled "Life is Fine."

2. What does the speaker of the poem entitled "Junior Addict" suggest as the solution for the addiction problem in the subject?

3. What state is being described within the poem that contains as its first three lines the words, "Oh, what sorrow!/Oh, what pity!/Oh, what pain" (115)?

4. What historical figure is quoted within the poem that includes the lines "Who would be free/Themselves must strike/The first blow" (136)?

5. What is the Existential viewpoint of the poem entitled "Advice"?

6. In what way is the theme of collectivism present within the poem entitled "To You"?

7. Characterize the two speakers within the poem entitled "Question and Answer."

8. Discuss two examples of personification within the poem entitled "Georgia Dusk."

9. In what way is repetition utilized within the poem entitled "Song for Billie Holiday"?

10. In what way does the poem entitled Madam and the Census Man" display the theme of pride in identity?

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