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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Watershed,” in italics, he, assumed to be God, is telling the person in space what?
(a) How the earth is a being all its own and has been weakened.
(b) How the earth is just a dead thing you can claim.
(c) How the earth used to be much larger.
(d) How the earth is for mankind to do with it as he wishes.

2. Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation" tells of the families destroyed how?
(a) By the spreading of lies through famiies.
(b) Through regularly selling off male slaves.
(c) Through the selling off of all the parts that make up a family.
(d) By the ending of slavery.

3. What will the other character do as you discover what each light, line, and shadow is in "A Man's World"?
(a) He will wink at you.
(b) He will watch you.
(c) He will leave you in peace.
(d) He will chuckle.

4. As the angels speak, the speaker dares to look at them and sees what?
(a) Both are smiling with brilliant white teeth.
(b) One has teeth worn down to almost nothing.
(c) Both have long, flowing hair.
(d) One has a halo.

5. “Unrest in Baton Rouge,” is inspired by a photo by whom?
(a) Jon Mulhern.
(b) Heather Huie.
(c) Jonathan Bateman.
(d) Jonathan Bachman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the speaker of "The Angels" reflects on what it must be like to be an angel, about what does she think?

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

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 "A Man's World," when the world is shown, to what is it compared?

5. What does the speaker in "The Angels" hope some angels are?

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