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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” there is a collection of addresses to various people. What is the purpose of this collection?
(a) To show the reader how polite the Civil War soldiers were.
(b) To show the reader how many left slavery to fight in the Civil War.
(c) To show the reader how educated the Civil War soldiers were.
(d) To show the reader the various reasons why colored Civil War soldiers were asking for their pensions.

4. 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?
(a) Freedom and Humanity.
(b) Abundance and Charity.
(c) Independence and Hope.
(d) God and Country.

5. When the speaker of "The Angels" reflects on what it must be like to be an angel, about what does she think?
(a) What is must be like flying between heaven and earth.
(b) What they must go through to continually come earth side to encourage us to not have fear.
(c) What it must be like working for God.
(d) How simple their lives must be.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In “Eternity, Songzhuang Art Village," the speaker describes pulling what out of art racks, as if they are spirits who are no longer in their bodies?

3. In “New Road Station,” history is not the silence found where?

4. Why are sentences left incomplete in "Declaration"?

5. In "Annunciation," the speaker wants to experience what is real – “the cold, the pitiless, the bleak,” nature, or her son, who is forever turned where?

(see the answer key)

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