Question

which of the following best describes the speaker’s perspective in “we wear the mask”?
○ naively optimistic
○ neutral and emotionless
○ collective and reflective of shared suffering
○ privileged and distant
question 10
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in “sympathy,” what does the caged bird most clearly represent?
○ african americans trapped by systemic oppression
○ a pet bird longing to fly
○ a literal bird in a zoo
○ a dream that has already been fulfilled

Explanation:

For the first question: "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar is a poem that speaks for a group of people forced to hide their true pain and trauma behind a false, cheerful facade, centering a shared experience of oppression.
For the second question: "Sympathy" (also by Dunbar) uses the caged bird as an extended metaphor for the experience of African Americans, who are confined and oppressed by systemic racism while longing for freedom.

Answer:

1. Collective and reflective of shared suffering
2. African Americans trapped by systemic oppression