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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. What did Hattie want Hammond to buy when he was out?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Wine.
(c) Butter.
(d) Bread.

2. Who is listening to the stories Aunt Sue tells in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?
(a) A "brown-faced child."
(b) The entire neighborhood.
(c) Her husband.
(d) No one, which is why the poem is so sad.

3. What is one way Sylvester knows he is dying in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) He saw it earlier in a dream.
(b) He doesn't feel any more pain.
(c) He hears Jesus talking to him.
(d) He sees the River Jordan.

4. What is "Prayer Meeting" an example of?
(a) A vignette.
(b) Speaking in tongues.
(c) Iambic pentameter.
(d) Old English.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sign that the speaker of "Bad Morning" is indeed having a bad morning?

2. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," what does the speaker say his souls has done similar to a river?

3. What is the Indian merchantman doing in "Seascape"?

4. What did the speaker's lover do in "Late Last Night" that caused his/her heart to break?

5. In "Water-Front Streets," where does the speaker claim to carry "beauties"?

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