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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Cora Unashamed" - "The Blues I'm Playing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary device is NOT used within the poem entitled "To Be Somebody"?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Interjection.
(d) Personification.

2. In what month does Roy return home in the story entitled "Home"?
(a) June.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) September.

3. How old is Jessie when she becomes pregnant?
(a) 16.
(b) 22.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

4. About whom is the speaker of the poem "Silent One" speaking?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her son.
(c) His son.
(d) His daughter.

5. What term does Hughes use to describe the Mexican Market Woman in the first line of the poem of the same title?
(a) Hag.
(b) Crone.
(c) Queen.
(d) Seer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious allusion does the poem "To Artina" include?

2. How much charm is the community of Melton said to have within the story entitled "Cora Unashamed"?

3. In the poem entitled "Words Like Freedom," what other word in the poem is italicized, besides the word "freedom" (67)?

4. The poem entitled "Freedom's Plow" repeats several times that it is better to die free than to what?

5. The speaker of the poem "Final Curve" declares that "When you turn the corner and run into" (91) what, then you know you have run out of corners to turn?

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