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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.

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.

Take our free Don't Call Us Dead quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What common expression best describes the escalation in the use of racial slurs in the poem “. . . nigga”? (from Pages 23 - 36)

2.

The author occasionally uses features of African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) in the poem. Which of the following is an example? (from Pages 1 - 22)

3.

Why does the line “we dance until guilt turns to sweat. | we sweat until we flood & drown” express the essential freedom of the “somewhere” (12)? (from Pages 1 - 22)

4.

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

5.

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

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