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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VIII: Lament Over Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Down and Out" want from her lover?
(a) Money.
(b) Kisses.
(c) A new car.
(d) New shoes.

2. What "mellows to a golden note" in "Trumpet Player"?
(a) Music.
(b) Trouble.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Rage.

3. In the poem "Fire," who does the author say he has had more women than?
(a) Than the president had votes.
(b) Than the forest had trees.
(c) Than the gardener had tomatoes.
(d) Than Pharoah had wives.

4. In the poem "Feet o' Jesus," what does the author want to happen at Jesus's feet?
(a) God to show mercy.
(b) His crops to sprout.
(c) God to give him riches.
(d) His wife to say yes to his marriage proposal.

5. What kind of men does the speaker love in "Cora"?
(a) The ones who treat her poorly.
(b) The ones who always cheat on her with her best friend.
(c) The ones who never seem to live long.
(d) The ones who can play a "sweet Blues song."

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the speaker in "Wake" tell his mourners to wear?

2. What women are surrounding the speaker in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?

3. What kind of cadence is "The Weary Blues" written in?

4. Why is the speaker so concerned about her lover in "Lover's Return"?

5. In "Little Old Letter," the speaker claims never to have been so lonely since when?

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