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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VI: After Hours.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the musician finally stop playing in "The Weary Blues"?
(a) When daybreak comes.
(b) When the church service is over.
(c) When the bar closes.
(d) When he collapses.

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

3. What language, other than English, is used in the poem "Havana Dreams"?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Russian.
(d) Creole.

4. How does the speaker describe the plants in "Garden"?
(a) As strange and distorted.
(b) As angry and ugly.
(c) As boring and ignorant.
(d) As beautiful and relaxing.

5. When the speaker asks his lover if she understands him in "Maybe," what does she say?
(a) That she thought she would.
(b) Neither of these answers is correct.
(c) That she didn't.
(d) Both of these answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the congregation crying out to in "Shout"?

2. What is Hughes known as being the originator of?

3. What country is NOT mentioned in any of the poems in "Sea and Land"?

4. How does the speaker specifically describe the tulips in "Garden"?

5. In the poem "Spirituals," what strong items does the speaker look to put his hands on?

(see the answer key)

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