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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the angels speak, the speaker dares to look at them and sees what?
(a) Both have long, flowing hair.
(b) One has teeth worn down to almost nothing.
(c) Both are smiling with brilliant white teeth.
(d) One has a halo.

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

3. 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) Their work.
(d) Running away.

4. What is an issue with the pensions of the black Civil War soldiers?
(a) They are still slaves and do not need to be paid.
(b) They have not served long enough to receive pensions.
(c) They are not citizens of the U.S.
(d) The legal names of these men do not always match their actual names.

5. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” the speaker says, although the slaves are now free, they are not really free, because they do what?
(a) Run right out of slavery In to soldiery.
(b) Run out of slavery and out of the United States for Canada.
(c) Leave slavery and end up in bondage to their new bosses.
(d) Are freed from slavery and soon end up enslaved to educating themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. The speaker of "The Greatest Personal Privation" says in Stanza 1 it is terrible belonging to this woman. Why?

4. In “Unwritten,” how does the slave feel towards her mistress?

5. For what does the speaker in “Unwritten” feel that Mary and all others like her must answer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is history like a ship, in "Ghazal"?

2. What does the stranger say to the narrator in "Wade in the Water"? How does this affect the narrator?

3. What are two of the circumstances in "Wade in the Water" in which the narrator describes feelings of love?

4. How is the destruction of the world compared to a sister who is abused in "The World is Your Beautiful Younger Sister"?

5. What takes place in the second letter of "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It"?

6. What is the reason given in "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It" for why the men have difficulty receiving their pensions?

7. How have those who are attacked in "Declaration" respond? How do the attackers react?

8. From where does the character in "Hill Country" come?

9. How does the poem "The Greatest Personal Privation" begin?

10. How are the angels in "The Angels" described?

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