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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Hill Country," the speaker describes someone as he travels where?
(a) To the mountains from the city.
(b) Down from a high bridge to still water.
(c) Down from high above in the hills and the place where he is surrounded by peace and quiet.
(d) To the river from a high peak.

2. In “Watershed,” what does the speaker first describe?
(a) Beautiful water.
(b) The landfill.
(c) J's life.
(d) Land and cattle.

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

4. In "Garden of Eden," the speaker would walk home doing mental math on how much she had spent and what would suddenly hit her?
(a) How much she loved the Garden of Eden.
(b) The known sun was setting on the dawning century.
(c) How little food she had purchased.
(d) How little she had in her bank account.

5. In “Political Poem,” the work of these engines takes forever, and the speaker thinks of how he or she would love what?
(a) How nice the grass would smell.
(b) How little it would last.
(c) How smooth it would be.
(d) How long it would last.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In Your Condition," the speaker hikes up a hill to take photos, much like she did the year before, but only does it for what reason?

2. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” for what are they willing to sacrifice themselves and their families?

3. In "4 ½," like what animal pulling at its tether and scraping its horns against a rock, does the little girl emphasize what exactly she wants?

4. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker questions the color of what?

5. Has the narrator of "The Angels" had other angel encounters?

(see the answer key)

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