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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II: Feet O' Jesus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major era did Hughes contribute to?
(a) The Birth of Slam Poetry.
(b) The Iron Age.
(c) The Harlem Renaissance.
(d) The Novelists' Novelty Time.

2. What is "Prayer Meeting" an example of?
(a) Old English.
(b) Speaking in tongues.
(c) A vignette.
(d) Iambic pentameter.

3. Who is the congregation crying out to in "Shout"?
(a) The other church across the street.
(b) Jesus.
(c) The couple getting married that day.
(d) The newspaper reporter.

4. In the poem "Spirituals," what strong items does the speaker look to put his hands on?
(a) The rising shaft of mountains.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) The firm roots of trees.
(d) Rocks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "tom-toms" refer to in "Danse Africaine"?

2. Which continent features most prominently in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?

3. What is the title of the poem about John Brown in the "Afro-American Fragments" section?

4. Where does Hughes get the title "Feet of Jesus" from for that particular section in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?

5. Which of the following does the speaker NOT claim to have been in "Negro"?

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