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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VIII: Lament Over Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What women are surrounding the speaker in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) "My mama and wife, lights of my life."
(b) "The two best women I ever did meet."
(c) "Mother Mary, sweet angel of mine."
(d) "All the womens in the town."

2. What does the speaker comment about one's mother in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?
(a) That there was no one like her.
(b) None of these answers is correct.
(c) That she is always nagging him.
(d) That she is dead and gone.

3. Where does Hughes get the title "Feet of Jesus" from for that particular section in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?
(a) His favorite Jazz song.
(b) His mother's favorite phrases.
(c) A poem of the same name.
(d) A popular TV show of the time.

4. What are the tambourines being played for in "Tambourines"?
(a) Glory.
(b) Peace.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A wedding.

5. What is missing from the wall in "End"?
(a) Wallpaper.
(b) Clocks.
(c) Plans for what to do if there is a fire in the building.
(d) Photos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the playboy mentioned in "Gone Boy" NOT go at the end of the poem?

2. When does the musician finally stop playing in "The Weary Blues"?

3. What kind of music are tambourines often used in?

4. In the poem "Fire," who does the author say he has had more women than?

5. What did the speaker's mother say when life hurt her in the poem "Spirituals"?

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