3.02 Dunbar Quiz

In "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, the tone can be described as __________.

• BITTER

• CELEBRATORY

• DETERMINED

• HUMOROUS

What image depicts restricted freedom in "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar?

• budding flowers

• FLOWING RIVERS

• BRIGHT SUNSHINE

• A BIRD IN A CAGE

A major topic in Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem "Sympathy" is __________.

• ADMIRATION

• ACTIVITY

• HOPE

• RESTRICTION

Which of the following describes a theme in We Wear the Mask?

• Identity comes from what we do and not from what we look like?

• Tragedy should be openly mourned and not hidden away

• Resilience comes in many forms, such as silence, though this silence does have consequences

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  Social pressure can turn independent people into just faces in a crowd

Why must people (the "we" mentioned in the poem) wear the mask?

• The people wear the mask to hide their suffering

• The people wear the mask to protect their faces and themselves

• The people wear the mask to keep their identities a secret

• The people wear the mask because they are told to by society