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Don't Call Us Dead Quiz

Danez Smith

This Study Guide consists of approximately 53 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Don't Call Us Dead.

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does the italics in these poems signify? (from Pages 73 - 82)

Emphasis.

Communication.

Symbol.

Quotation.

2.

What does the red water in “1 in 2” symbolize? (from Pages 53 - 72)

The threat of intimate violence.

The way desire and death are intertwined.

The hazards of contemporary life for black boys.

The danger of queer love due to the threat of HIV/AIDS.

3.

How does the format of the second section of “recklessly” contribute to the poem’s tone? (from Pages 37 - 52)

It requires close and careful reading, just like Johnson’s case.

It produces confusion and uncertainty.

It mimics the idea of rushing and recklessness.

It is as messy as the situation it describes.

4.

In “dream where every black person is standing by the ocean,” why is the ocean significant for black people? (from Pages 73 - 82)

The water cycle symbolizes death and rebirth.

The ocean connects all places, even for people who do not know their origins.

Historically, many black people died on slave ships or were thrown overboard.

In the dream, the ocean can resurrect the dead.

5.

Why is it meaningful that the shortest section of the poem is the speaker’s response to his killer? (from Pages 1 - 22)

The answers to his questions are so obvious that they do not require answers.

The brevity emphasizes the bewilderment and anger behind the speaker’s questions.

The speaker knows these questions will never be answered.

Even in the setting of the speaker’s own poem, the police officer denies his right to speak.

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