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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Ghazal," to what does the speaker compare to the stealing of someone’s name?
(a) Attacking and robbing someone at gunpoint.
(b) Working in the fields and stripping the stalks of stolen crops.
(c) Stealing money from a bank or precious jewels from a safe.
(d) Pickpocketing a naive tourist.

2. What is the reason Mary gives for why it would not be in the best interest of the slaves to be set free?
(a) They could not survive among free society.
(b) They are too needed on the plantation.
(c) They are in a degraded state.
(d) They cannot be trusted.

3. The character in "Hill Country" leaves the stack of worn planks outside where?
(a) A cabin.
(b) A castle.
(c) Ancient ruins.
(d) A barn.

4. In Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," what happened time and time again?
(a) Male slaves were regularly sold.
(b) Slave owners freed their slaves.
(c) Slaves were freed from bondage.
(d) Families were cut apart quickly and without warning.

5. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," if these people turn out to be evil, then the speaker and others like her will meet this evil how?
(a) As best they can.
(b) By fleeing to Canada.
(c) With even more evil.
(d) With peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a holy person, as mentioned in "Deadly," imagines trembling, what is trembling in fear?

2. The character in "Hill Country" can almost believe in what?

3. In "Garden of Eden," the speaker would walk home doing mental math on how much she had spent and what would suddenly hit her?

4. As the angels speak, the speaker dares to look at them and sees what?

5. As the speaker in "The Angels" slept, she feels what sense?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the letters in "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It," what does the poet include?

2. In "The Garden of Eden," what does the narrator remember doing after she finished her shopping?

3. What is the difference between the power of a tiger and the power of man, according to the narrator in the poem "Deadly"?

4. In "Declaration," what have officers been sent to do?

5. How does "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It" begin?

6. What takes place in the second letter of "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It"?

7. How are the characters described as speaking to each other in "Driving to Ottawa"? To what is this compared?

8. Why does God in "Hill Country" roll down the windows of his jeep? What else does he do that is connected to this?

9. What are two of the circumstances in "Wade in the Water" in which the narrator describes feelings of love?

10. What does the narrator in "The Angels" think about the role of the angel?

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