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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the character in Poem Seven feel physically in her situation?
2. What does the main character in Poem Four decide to do as a result of her relationship?
3. How many characters run onto the stage at the beginning of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
4. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "an put your hands on your hips/ an let your backbone slip"?
5. What did the main character in Poem Four discover as a result of her relationship?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the poems in Sequence Three differ from the other poems in the play?
2. What contrasts and juxtapositions are apparent at the beginning of Poem Eleven?
3. Describe the imagery and language in Poem Nineteen. Describe the rage in Poem Nineteen.
4. How is dance used in Poem Two?
5. What is the purpose of Poem Seven?
6. How are the poems in Sequence Two linked to each other?
7. What reason do the characters give for dancing?
8. Describe Poem Two.
9. Why does the lady in brown open and close the play?
10. What does the final dance represent?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Based on the play, which colored girls have considered suicide? Why have they considered suicide? What do these women have in common? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of the songs and music in the play? Why do you think the author chose these particular songs? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Shange writes about the African American woman's struggle to find her own identity in the United States. Based on the play, how do African American women discover their identity? What journey do they have to take in order to gain their identity? Is their identity already there and they just have to "rediscover" it? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
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