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Assignment:
1. a main idea in "One Art" is that
A. you should never admit that you lose anything
B. you should accept that everyone loses things in life
C. it takes courage to be gracious when you win
2. A main idea in "Recitatif" is
A. cruelty and bullying cause lasting hurt
B. protest is never justified
C. the meek shall inherit the Earth
3. "Cuttings" celebrates new life.
A. true
B. false
4."Cuttings" an imagist poem because it uses vivid sensory details to describe an object.
A. true
B. false
5. Why does the speaker in "Heritage" ask for forgiveness from God?
A. his anger
B. his fear
C. his selfishness
6. Who was Maggie in "Recitatif"?
A. an elderly, disabled woman who worked in the kitchen at the orphanage
B. the director of the orphanage when Twyla and Roberta were there
C. Twyla's boss when she was working at the restaurant
7. In "Woman Hollering Creek," what is the climax?
A. cleofilas is expecting her second child
B. cleofilas 's first child is born
C. cleofilas and felice cross the arroyo, and felice yells
8. The speaker in "One Art" says people should lose something everyday
A. so she won't feel alone when she loses things
B. so people will realize that nothing is ever really lost
C. to prepare themselves for losses in life
9. In "Woman Hollering Creek," what is the inciting incident?
A. Juan Pedro hits Cleofilas the first time
B. Juan Pedro tries to run over Cleofilas with the pickup
C. Cleofilas and Felice cross the arroyo and Felice yells
10. For whom does the speaker moum in "Eating Alone" and "Eating Together"?
A. his brother
B. his father
C. his wife
11. according to native American tradition, spirit bears symbolize peace
A. true
B. false
12. The speaker in "I, Too" describes himself as ugly
A. true
B. false
13. "I, Too" alludes to
A. "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman
B. "Lady Lazarus" by Sylvia Plath
C. "Cuttings" by Theodore Roethke
14. When Cleofilas first marries Juan Pedro in "Woman Hollering Creek," she expects marriage to be
A. a way to achieve financial security, which is what she values
B. unending love as shown on television and in romance novels
C. a competition between her husband and herself
15. According to the speaker in "America," what might happen if Americans do not stand up to injustice?
A. America will end in either fire or ice
B. America achievements will sink into the sand
C. lightning from the sky will destroy America
16. In "Woman Hollering Creek," the ______________ occurs when Cleofilas realizes she can be independent
A. resolution
B. inciting incident
C. rising action
17. In "Cuttings," this quote describes ________________. "... nudges a sand crumb loose,"
A. the shoot of a new plant starting to grow
B. a drop of rain in a hot, barren desert
C. the withering and death of a plant
18. What most likely happened to Maggie in "Recitatif"?
A. She died in the riot that started at the protest against bussing
B. she was taunted, pushed down, kicked, and possibly injured or killed
C. Twyla and Roberta got all of the other girls to calling her "The Big Bozo"
19. What is the "bread of bitterness" the speaker in "America" laments?
A. the end of a romantic relationship
B. the loss of his son in a war
C. discrimination and unfair treatment
20. Maus depicts Jews as _________ because that is how the Nazis perceived them
A. mice
B. pigs
C. dogs
21. Cleofilas plans on returning to her _______ at the end of "Woman Hollering Creek."
A. her father
B. her husband
C. Maxmiliano
22. what does the speaker mean when he describes his father as "lonely for no one" in "Eating Together"?
A. his father loved no one
B. he wishes his father had died instead of his daughter
C. his father is dearly loved
23. This quote from "America" means ____________. "Yet, as a rebel fronts a king in state /I stand within her walls with not a shred /of terror, malice, not a word of jeer."
A. the speaker's emotions are out of control
B. the speaker is thinking realistically, not emotionally
C. the speaker is motivated by anger and hatred
24. The speaker in "America" says he loves America
A. true
B. false
25. In "Woman Hollering Creek," Felice expresses __________ when she yells while crossing the arroyo.
A. independence
B. anger that her pickup stalled
C. low self-esteem
26. In "Recitatif," which character feels the most guilt about what happened to Maggie?
A. Roberta
B. Mrs. Itkin
C. Twyla
27. Maus represents
A. a vision of what may happen in the future
B. the author's parents' struggle for survival
C. what is happening in an evil parallel universe
28. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," the speaker compares his soul to a barren desert
A. true
B. false
29. In "Lady Lazarus," the speaker claims to ___________ every ten years.
A. move to a new town
B. die
C. change religious faiths
30. When the speaker in "Heritage" asks, "What is Africa to me?" he means
A. he imagines the continent of Africa to be a perfect world and a safe haven
B. he is more concerned with racism in America than with the continent of Africa
C. he wishes the ocean would shrink so he could be closer to the continent of Africa
31. in "woman Hollering Creek," Cleofilas is abused by her father
A. true
B. false
32. what does the line "I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young" mean in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"?
A. African civilizations have existed since ancient times
B. the Euphrates leads to the underworld so the speaker is doomed
C. the Euphrates is a lake of fire in which outcasts are punished
33. What is the subject of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"?
A. yearning for a pathway to the stars
B. development in the American west
C. the history and heritage of the African race
34. The pickup in "Woman Hollering Creek" symbolizes
A. freedom and independence
B. oppression and abuse
C. foolishness and ignorance