Voyage of the Sable Venus Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

In "Let Me Live in a House by the Side of the Road and be a Friend to Man," which stars are portrayed as divine figures? (from Pages 20 - 31)

Sonny and Cher.

Richard Pryor and Lena Horne.

Diana Ross and Al Green.

Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley.

2.

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

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

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.

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

3.

What does the speaker have in "Voyage of the Sable Venus" which surpasses that of all others? (from Pages 83 - 116)

Jealousy.

Wit.

Beauty.

Irony.

4.

What kind of poem is "Pleasure & Understanding"? (from Pages 125 - 136)

A villanelle.

An elegy.

A Petrarchan sonnet.

A ghazal.

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 rewrites it in Spanish.

She switches the roles of the men and the women.

She rearranges the words to create new lines and phrases.

She changes the punctuation.

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