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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Dream Dust” - “Same in Blues”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The speaker of the poem "The South" says at the end of the poem that he will soon seek the North, for he has heard it said that the North is what?
(a) A kinder mistress.
(b) A more welcoming host.
(c) A more scrupulous government.
(d) A more intelligent host.

2. What literary technique is used throughout the poem "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?
(a) Irony.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

3. To whom is the poem "Late Last Night" addressed?
(a) To the god of love.
(b) To the speaker's lost lover.
(c) To God.
(d) To the reader.

4. What kind of job does Mary Lulu Jackson tell her mother she would like to have?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A milliner.
(c) A typist.
(d) A bookseller.

5. The poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" relies upon which literary device throughout the entirety of the poem?
(a) Onomatopeia.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Understatement.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker of the poem entitled "Advice" says that "birthing is" (97) what?

2. The poem "Troubled Woman" likens the subject to a flower in what season?

3. Mary Lulu Jackson is the subject of which poem?

4. What is NOT a type of textual inclusion used within the lengthy poem entitled "Let America Be America Again"?

5. The speaker of the poem "Merry-Go-Round" asks about the whereabouts of what section on the Merry-Go-Round?

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