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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes and Acknowledgments.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Watershed,” what is a pipe dispensing?
(a) Brown goo.
(b) Black tar.
(c) Green liquid.
(d) Clean water.

2. “The Greatest Personal Privation” and “Unwritten” come from letters written between whom?
(a) Mary Jones and her sister.
(b) The Mary and Charles Colcock Jones family.
(c) The Jones family slaves.
(d) The Jones family and their slaves.

3. “Declaration” is an erasure poem that comes from what?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) The Louisiana Purchase Treaty.
(d) The U.S. Constitution.

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” how much money did a man say he raised to free himself and his wife?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $200.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $10,000.

5. "Urban Youth" begins as the speaker remembers being woken up by an older sibling on Saturday mornings to do what?
(a) Play with toys.
(b) Ride bikes.
(c) Go for a run.
(d) Watch cartoons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an issue with the pensions of the black Civil War soldiers?

2. In “Eternity,” what are flying in the sky?

3. In “Eternity,” the speaker asks what the soul is allowed to do?

4. In "The Angels," the speaker imagines what between the two angels, as she sleeps?

5. In what state did Jones live?

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