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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 middle initial of the speaker in the poem "Madam's Past History"?
(a) Y.
(b) L.
(c) A.
(d) K.

2. What event occurred to stop the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" from running her first business?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) Prohibition.
(d) The Depression.

3. To what personality does the speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" NOT allude within the poem?
(a) Joe Louis.
(b) Muhammed Ali.
(c) W.E.B. DuBois.
(d) Marian Anderson.

4. The poem "Dream Boogie" includes what salutation at its beginning?
(a) Good evening.
(b) Good morning.
(c) Hello.
(d) Bonsoir.

5. In the poem "I Dream a World," to what object does the speaker compare joy by using a simile?
(a) A pearl.
(b) A piece of beach glass.
(c) An emerald.
(d) A diamond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third word in the poem titled with the words "Where?" and "Which?" in its title as well?

2. What kind of job does Mary Lulu Jackson tell her mother she would like to have?

3. The speaker in the poem entitled "Life is Fine" takes the elevator up how many floors while he is considering suicide?

4. The speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" describes Harlem as "a tear you turn into a" (73) what?

5. What two adjectives are part of the poem titled using two words prior to the title's final word, "freedom" (67)?

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