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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Island [2]" - "Un-American Investigators".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the final word included in the poem entitled "Un-American Investigators"?
(a) Shit.
(b) Rubbish.
(c) Manure.
(d) Fertilizer.

2. What type of literary device is consistently featured throughout the poem entitled "Georgia Dusk"?
(a) Diaspora.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Personification.
(d) Hyperbole.

3. The speaker of the poem "Merry-Go-Round" asks about the whereabouts of what section on the Merry-Go-Round?
(a) The children's section.
(b) The colored section.
(c) The dragon section.
(d) The Jim Crow section.

4. The poem entitled "Africa" describes the continent as constituting what type of giant?
(a) Sleepy.
(b) Menacing.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Shrinking.

5. The speaker of the poem entitled "Junior Addict" pleads with the sunrise to come quickly out of what location?
(a) Zimbabwe.
(b) Kenya.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. About which religious figure is the poem entitled "Encounter"?

2. What word is spelled out at the end of the poem entitled "Dream Boogie"?

3. The poem "Daybreak in Alabama" features a speaker who hopes to one day be what?

4. The mother character in the poem entitled "Without Benefit of Declaration" receives what object in lieu of her son?

5. What element is said to be useless to "one who will not live" (132) within the poem "Junior Addict"?

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