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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the character in "Hill Country" stave off in regard to the injured animal?
(a) Attack by vultures.
(b) Fear.
(c) Further injury.
(d) Death.

2. How are the angels described in "The Angels"?
(a) Poor and in rags.
(b) Grizzled and in leather bike gear.
(c) White and glittering.
(d) Much like most of humanity.

3. In Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," what happened time and time again?
(a) Slave owners freed their slaves.
(b) Male slaves were regularly sold.
(c) Slaves were freed from bondage.
(d) Families were cut apart quickly and without warning.

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” what do the colored men in the military say they deserve?
(a) More money.
(b) Higher ranking.
(c) Equal treatment.
(d) Freedom from slavery and the Army.

5. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a slave asks President Lincoln advise on how to leave his mistress. Why?
(a) He feels guilty leaving his mistress.
(b) He does not want to offend his mistress.
(c) His mistress refuses to let him go.
(d) He does not have the means to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Civil War, for what did many Black soldiers struggle to receive from the U.S. government?

2. There was love in the water, where the people pretended to do what?

3. Has the narrator of "The Angels" had other angel encounters?

4. History in "Ghazal" is described as a ship that is always setting sail where the men on either shore do what?

5. In "Garden of Eden," what does the narrator greatly miss?

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