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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a man pretends to do what?
(a) Choke.
(b) Cry.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Spit.

2. What causes the speaker in "Wade in the Water" painful grief?
(a) The woman going to each stranger saying, "I love you" and meaning it.
(b) The fear in everyone's eyes.
(c) The people in chains.
(d) The river in which people wade.

3. In “Unrest in Baton Rouge,” how is love described?
(a) A heart cut open and cleaned like a dead animal.
(b) An alien idea.
(c) A total loss.
(d) Bleeding out.

4. How does "Ghazal" end?
(a) Say my name! Say my name!
(b) Our name our name our name our fraught, fraught name.
(c) Oh what a beautiful thing it is to have a name.
(d) What is in a name?

5. How does “The United States Welcomes You” end?
(a) With the speaker telling them to leave.
(b) With the speaker asking them about their skill set.
(c) With the speaker asking about their cultural traditions.
(d) With a speaker asking if there are some sort of test that they must take and what if they fail.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” In the back of the house, one person begins to do what?

2. In "Declaration," an unnamed ‘he’ has sent officers to do what?

3. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” why does a wife ask her husband to send for her?

4. In "Hill Country," the speaker describes someone as he travels where?

5. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a husband writes to his wife, encouraging her to bring herself and their children, including the baby he has never met, to him in what state?

(see the answer key)

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