
Quiz on 'Bury Me in a Free Land'
Authored by Ngayin Chisho
English
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is the author of the poem "Bury Me in a Free Land"?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sojourner Truth
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Phillis Wheatley
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the central theme of the poem?
Love and loss
The beauty of nature
The moral repugnance of slavery
The joys of travel
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why does the speaker not want to be buried in a land where slavery exists?
She fears ghosts
She believes in reincarnation
She cannot rest peacefully in an unjust society
She dislikes the soil
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In what historical context was the poem written?
During the Civil Rights Movement
During the American Civil War
During the abolitionist movement before the Civil War
During the Reconstruction era
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device is strongly used in lines like "I could not rest if around my grave / I heard the steps of a trembling slave"?
Simile
Imagery
Alliteration
Hyperbole
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the phrase "free land" symbolise in the poem?
A country with no taxes
A place with fertile soil
A society without slavery and oppression
A land open for settlement
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was Frances Ellen Watkins Harper known for besides poetry?
Being a famous actress
Being a scientist
Abolitionism and women's rights activism
Founding a university
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