Wade in the Water: Poems Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who are the angels in “The Angels”? (from Part I (Pages 1 - 16))

Divine beings sent by God.

The speaker and her dying mother.

The speaker’s hallucinations.

Hell’s Angels bikers.

2.

In “I Will Tell You the Truth about This, I Will Tell You All about It,” which element is not an example of the poet’s preservation of voices from historical documents? (from Part II (Pages 17 - 38))

Combining documents in the sections in italics.

Listing the source documents in the “Notes” section.

Retaining the non-standard spelling.

Heading each document with the place and date.

3.

Who is the “you” in “Refuge”? (from Part IV - Notes (Pages 66 - 81))

Americans.

Refugees.

Family members.

Foreign countries.

4.

In “Declaration,” what are “the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here” (19)? (from Part II (Pages 17 - 38))

The dispossession of Native Americans.

The injustice of British rule.

The emigration of European settlers.

The transatlantic slave trade.

5.

What do the italics in “Charity” mean? (from Part IV (Pages 57 - 65))

They quote the speaker's thoughts.

They mark a different speaker.

They represent dialog.

They imagine the thoughts of the poem's subject.

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