Voyage of the Sable Venus Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who is a figure of Black female divinity in the "Voyage of the Sable Venus"? (from Pages 32 - 82)

The Black Madonna.

Mary.

Diana.

Parvati.

2.

Where is the language of "Voyage of the Sable Venus" sourced from? (from Pages 32 - 82)

The titles and descriptions of works of Western art depicting a Black female form, or the names of their collections.

Quotes from documentaries on art history featuring Black art historians.

New descriptions of works of art as written by people who had never seen the original pieces or their titles before.

Collected quotations from Somali refugees living in refugee camps at the time the poem was written.

3.

What did God read to the speaker in "The Body in August"? (from Pages 125 - 136)

The legends of her ancestors.

The story of her life.

The story of the distant future.

The Bible.

4.

What is the Venus of Compton holding? (from Pages 83 - 116)

The Sable Venus's oyster shell.

A mask.

A book of ancient history.

A pearl.

5.

What does Lewis do to the quote from Abshiro Aden Mohammed, Women's Leader at a Somali refugee camp, in the poem "Verga:"? (from Pages 1 - 19)

She rearranges the words to create new lines and phrases.

She changes the punctuation.

She rewrites it in Spanish.

She switches the roles of the men and the women.

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