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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XI: Madam to You.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color does the speaker in "Wake" tell his mourners to wear?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Pink
(d) Black.

2. What country is NOT mentioned in any of the poems in "Sea and Land"?
(a) England.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Thailand.

3. Where is the speaker stuck between in "Border Line"?
(a) Living and dying.
(b) Harlem and Queens.
(c) A rock and a hard place.
(d) His wife's house and his girlfriend's house.

4. What is Madam's full name?
(a) Miss Julianna Iasha Elliot.
(b) Madam Alberta K. Johnson.
(c) Madam Sophia Sandra Jackson.
(d) This is a trick question; she only goes by Madam.

5. What 2 places does the speaker go to in "Young Gal's Blues"?
(a) The beauty shop and the nail salon.
(b) The doctor's office and the hospital.
(c) The graveyard and the poor house.
(d) The post office and the grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What supernatural figure appears in the poem "Sunday Morning Prophecy"?

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

3. What is Joy driving in "Joy"?

4. What does the speaker in "Life Is Fine" decide he was born for?

5. What is curved beneath Big Boy's arm in "Catch"?

(see the answer key)

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