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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Political Poem,” the speaker wonders what would happen if what happened?
(a) The mowers all ran out of gas.
(b) The mowers were moved to another yard.
(c) One mower after another stopped and greeted the others before returning back to work.
(d) The mowers mowed over each other's parts of the yard.

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 river in which people wade.
(c) The people in chains.
(d) The fear in everyone's eyes.

3. In "Beatific," the man jogs but, nevertheless, still moves slowly possibly thinking that those cars waiting for him see him how?
(a) A nuissance.
(b) A crossing guard.
(c) An annoying old man.
(d) As Lithe, Swift, Prince of Creation.

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

5. In "An Old Story," the speaker says that they were told what would be horrible?
(a) The love for others.
(b) The watching of youth fade away.
(c) The end of life.
(d) The wanting, need, and strong hate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a person says they were dragged and what else?

2. After the Civil War, for what did many Black soldiers struggle to receive from the U.S. government?

3. In “Eternity, Landscape Painting," the speaker can almost still remember what, as if this were his or her home?

4. Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation" tells of the families destroyed how?

5. In “New Road Station,” the speaker says that history is not what?

(see the answer key)

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