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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IV: Land and Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Spirituals," what strong items does the speaker look to put his hands on?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) The firm roots of trees.
(c) Rocks.
(d) The rising shaft of mountains.

2. What does the speaker say the sea is a wilderness of in "Long Trip"?
(a) Of animals.
(b) Of all of God's creations.
(c) Of beauty.
(d) Of waves.

3. What is Joy driving in "Joy"?
(a) The butcher's cart.
(b) A fancy car.
(c) An imaginary buggy.
(d) A horse-drawn carriage.

4. Who is the congregation crying out to in "Shout"?
(a) Jesus.
(b) The other church across the street.
(c) The couple getting married that day.
(d) The newspaper reporter.

5. What nickname does Sylvester give himself in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) Sylvest the Best.
(b) Sly Syl.
(c) Sweet Papa 'Vester.
(d) Saint Sylvester.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What race was Langston Hughes?

3. What is Big Boy going to do with the object on his shoulders in "Catch"?

4. What does the speaker comment about one's mother in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?

5. What are the tambourines being played for in "Tambourines"?

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