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Q. The word "slopes" rhymes with which word in the first stanza of the poem?
hopes
elopes
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mopes
Q. The speaker says that the bird's song is what in the poem?
A song of happiness
A prayer and a plea
A scream
A whispering
Q. The title "Sympathy" of the poem indicates what?
The speaker's sympathy for the bird
The speaker's sympathy for nature
The speaker's sympathy for his children
The speaker's sympathy for others
Q. The speaker says that he "knows why the caged bird" what?
flees his cage
beats his wing
drinks water
jumps around its cage
Q. Which of the following words are repeated in the poem?
"I know what the caged bird feels"
"When the first bird sings and the first bud opes"
"For he must fly back to his perch and cling"
"It is not a carol of joy or glee"