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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the reason Mary gives for why it would not be in the best interest of the slaves to be set free?
(a) They cannot be trusted.
(b) They are in a degraded state.
(c) They could not survive among free society.
(d) They are too needed on the plantation.

3. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” actors arrive, carrying what?
(a) Sticks.
(b) Guns.
(c) Children.
(d) Heavy burdens.

4. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” the women go from fear to what?
(a) Love.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Hatred.

5. The speaker of "The Greatest Personal Privation" is happy to live without these troubles of slavery and is what?
(a) At peace with God.
(b) Willing to ask her owner to free her.
(c) Hoping to be freed soon.
(d) Willing to run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a man pretends to do what?

2. In “Political Poem,” the speaker wonders what would happen if what happened?

3. Who does the speaker in "Ghazal" say has been taught their name?

4. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker is questioning an unknown person, asking what?

5. In “New Road Station,” what is history?

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