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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Eternity, Songzhuang Art Village," seeing a photograph of her mother, the speaker reminds herself she once wrote what?
(a) About whether or not we can truly love others.
(b) About whether or not we can stop aging.
(c) About whether or not we are able to save ourselves or others.
(d) About whether or not we can live long, happy lives.

2. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," what does Mary Jones think is the greatest personal privation?
(a) Having to sell her slaves to others.
(b) Having to leave her home and move north.
(c) Not having her two slaves, Patience and Phoebe.
(d) Not having a new dress every season.

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

4. In “Watershed,” In italics, the speaker who is floating over the city describes everything glowing and bands of what were being dispersed from a huge universal heartbeat?
(a) Light.
(b) Heat.
(c) Sound.
(d) Energy.

5. In "Declaration," an unnamed ‘he’ has sent officers to do what?
(a) Arrest the thieves.
(b) Sign a document.
(c) Harass our people.
(d) Declare peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Everlasting Self" is about one coming in from where?

2. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a slave asks President Lincoln advise on how to leave his mistress. Why?

3. In "The Angels," the speaker imagines what between the two angels, as she sleeps?

4. In "Ghazal," to what does the speaker compare to the stealing of someone’s name?

5. In "In Your Condition," the speaker describes feeling how?

(see the answer key)

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