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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes and Acknowledgments.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Eternity,” the speaker asks what the soul is allowed to do?
(a) Destroy.
(b) Take with it.
(c) Remove.
(d) Travel.

2. In "4 ½," the speaker describes a little girl who is either found asleep with her stuffed animals in the morning or doing what?
(a) Running around the house asking for breakfast.
(b) Barging into her mother’s room to wake her up and tell her she has to pee.
(c) Playing with her toys in her room.
(d) Crying for Mommy to come play with her.

3. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a person says that a woman pulled something from her head and told her what?
(a) It was a sin.
(b) It was not allowed.
(c) It was unlawful.
(d) It was disgusting.

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

5. In "A Man's World," when the world is shown, to what is it compared?
(a) A globe.
(b) A ball of energy.
(c) A pocket watch.
(d) A locket on a chain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ash," the speaker describes a house that must constantly be replenished and repaired, a house that does what?

2. What does the speaker in "The Angels" hope some angels are?

3. In “Watershed,” what causes multiple deformities in animals and humans?

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

5. How does "Wade in the Water" end?

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