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a. It is equal after a long, hard fight.
b. It is the closest to equal it is ever going to be.
c. It is unequal, but the situation is much improved from a few years earlier.
d. It is unequal, but some day this will change.
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a. "Not always countenance, . . . / That lesser men should hold their brothers cheap"
b. "Not everlastingly . . . Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute"
c. "The night whose sable breast . . . is no less lovely being dark"
d. "So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds"
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a. Cullen's favorite day of the week was Saturday.
b. Cullen was born on a Saturday.
c. Cullen went to work on Saturdays.
d. Saturday was the only day his father would play with him.
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a. Cullen's poems are more romantic and do not focus as much on race and social issues.
b. Every other line rhymes, while most Harlem Renaissance poetry is written in free verse.
c. "The Loss of Love" is much longer than most Harlem Renaissance poetry.
d. It isn't different at all. This is a perfect example of the type of poetry that was written during this time period.
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a. His biological father
b. Fairies
c. Pain
d. His adoptive father
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