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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Garden of Eden," why does the narrator's arm get sore?
(a) From carrying a basket full of pastries and produce.
(b) From playing on a jungle gym.
(c) From flagging down a taxi.
(d) From working out at the gym.

2. In "Realm of Shades," those described in this poem are focused on what?
(a) Finding a place to hide.
(b) A cool, dry home.
(c) Running away.
(d) Their work.

3. In "Garden of Eden," what does the narrator greatly miss?
(a) The Garden of Eden on Montague Street.
(b) Her brownstone in Brooklyn.
(c) Her college friends.
(d) The city.

4. How does "Ghazal" end?
(a) Oh what a beautiful thing it is to have a name.
(b) What is in a name?
(c) Say my name! Say my name!
(d) Our name our name our name our fraught, fraught name.

5. In Stanza 3 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," the speaker says that the entire country may not be able to heal from what?
(a) The plantation life.
(b) This separation of parent and child.
(c) The abuse of power.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the poem "Unwritten" begin?

2. The character in "Hill Country" leaves the stack of worn planks outside where?

3. What will happen to those, including women and children, who do not follow the orders to leave camp in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

4. In "The Angels," who does the speaker say spoke to angels as she was dying?

5. In "Deadly," what two creatures are discussed?

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