Alone Maya Angelou English 10 quiz Amira and Nickija

The poem explores the contrasts between ___ and ___

• Love and Hate

• Good and Evil

• Togetherness and Detachment

• Wives and Banshees

According to the third stanza the author believes…

• Everyone can be alone

• Money cannot buy happiness

• Expensive doctors cannot give pure happiness

• Many wives are banshees

In line 17 the word “blues” means…

• feeling of Melancholy

• Melancholic music of African American origin

• Color whose hue is that of the sky

• to make blue

The speaker uses imagery in lines 28-32 in order to;

• Inform the readers that there is a dangerous storm coming

• Inform the readers the current state of humanity and where it’s headed

• Inform the readers that she is in trouble and needs help

• Inform the readers about her current mental state

From lines 26-34 (5th stanza) the reader can infer that…

• The author is giving a warning to the reader about the current state of mankind.

• The author is using imagery to show a storm.

• The author is saying that mankind is going to end sooner than later

• The author thinks people can make it alone