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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IX: Magnolia Flowers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Langston Hughes known for?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Being a poet.
(c) Being a social activist.
(d) Being an essayist.

2. What did the speaker's lover do in "Late Last Night" that caused his/her heart to break?
(a) Died.
(b) Lost all their money gambling.
(c) Had an affair.
(d) Look at him/her cross-eyed.

3. What is the sign that the speaker of "Bad Morning" is indeed having a bad morning?
(a) A broken-down car.
(b) Too many bills on the kitchen table.
(c) A note from his lover saying she's leaving.
(d) Mismated shoes.

4. What two things does Kid Sleep say he doesn't care about/doesn't want to do in "Kid Sleepy"?
(a) Clean up his room and put away his toys.
(b) Help in the kitchen and help in the garden.
(c) Run around and work downtown.
(d) Milk the cow and gather vegetables for dinner.

5. What does Ruby Brown do for a living by the time the poem of her same name concludes?
(a) She quits her job but doesn't have a new one yet.
(b) She is a teacher.
(c) She is a doctor.
(d) She is a prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. What race was Langston Hughes?

2. What did the speaker's lover in "Lover's Return" come home to do?

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

4. What in particular does the speaker need a dime for in "Down and Out"?

5. What does the speaker in "Down and Out" want from her lover?

(see the answer key)

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