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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” why does a wife ask her husband to send for her?
(a) She is still a slave.
(b) She does not have the money to get to him.
(c) She does not know where he is.
(d) She is unable to leave her mistress.

2. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a husband writes to his wife, encouraging her to bring herself and their children, including the baby he has never met, to him in what state?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Virginia.

3. The speaker of "The Greatest Personal Privation" says they do not want those who are descendants of the people sold as property to know their history. Why?
(a) Slavery is a lie and never happened.
(b) They do not want anyone else to know their sins.
(c) They are not smart enough to understand.
(d) It is for their own good.

4. In "A Man's World," when the world is shown, to what is it compared?
(a) A globe.
(b) A pocket watch.
(c) A locket on a chain.
(d) A ball of energy.

5. In "Declaration," an unnamed ‘he’ has sent officers to do what?
(a) Sign a document.
(b) Declare peace.
(c) Arrest the thieves.
(d) Harass our people.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the angels speak, the speaker dares to look at them and sees what?

2. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," Stanza 4, the speaker and others, known as ‘we,’ want to do what?

3. In "Realm of Shades," those described in this poem are focused on what?

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” to whom does a slave write, asking him if he is now legally free?

5. How is love described as pain, when singing "Wade in the Water"?

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