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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Watershed,” the speaker finishes in italics saying that, for him, God is what?
(a) Bands of energy.
(b) Warm water.
(c) Heat.
(d) Light.

2. In "A Man’s World," the speaker says that someone will very likely show you a world when?
(a) You are not paying attention.
(b) You are tired.
(c) You are alone.
(d) You are scared.

3. What does the speaker in "The Angels" hope some angels are?
(a) Straight up thugs.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Children.
(d) Grandparents.

4. 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?
(a) She does not know where he is.
(b) She is unable to leave her mistress.
(c) She does not have the money to get to him.
(d) She is still a slave.

5. In “Political Poem,” the speaker talks about what kind of understanding in the work of these mowers?
(a) A unique.
(b) A lack thereof.
(c) A common.
(d) An uncommon.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker asks why the person is afraid and what else?

3. There was love in the water, where the people pretended to do what?

4. History in "Ghazal" is described as a ship that is always setting sail where the men on either shore do what?

5. In "Realm of Shades," what does the speaker wonder when she thinks about our shadows on the ground?

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