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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes and Acknowledgments.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Realm of Shades," those described in this poem are focused on what?
(a) Finding a place to hide.
(b) A cool, dry home.
(c) Their work.
(d) Running away.

2. 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?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Mississippi.

3. In “Watershed,” what causes multiple deformities in animals and humans?
(a) PFOA.
(b) PPO.
(c) PMA.
(d) FFA.

4. In "Annunciation," the speaker is ashamed of what?
(a) The solitude in her life.
(b) The modernization of the world around her.
(c) Her easy life.
(d) The busy world around her.

5. How does "Wade in the Water" end?
(a) With a question – Is this love the trouble you promised?
(b) With the speaker being baptized.
(c) With a bath.
(d) With the speaker going for a swim.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Political Poem,” the work of these engines takes forever, and the speaker thinks of how he or she would love what?

2. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” the man steps back and falls down. He then describes what?

3. In “Watershed,” soon after the sale of land, what happened?

4. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” actors arrive, carrying what?

5. In what state did Jones live?

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