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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XIII: Words Like Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker comment about one's sweetheart in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?
(a) That she's as beautiful as the sunset.
(b) That he wishes she'd never been born.
(c) That she's as beautiful as the sunrise.
(d) That she's a lying, cheating fake.

2. What is all that a snail knows in "Snail"?
(a) Weather and rose.
(b) Shell and no shell.
(c) Sunrise and sunset.
(d) The bottom of people's shoes.

3. What did the speaker's lover also pawn when he/she pawned the speaker's watch?
(a) Heart.
(b) Youth.
(c) Sanity.
(d) Brain.

4. What is one way Sylvester knows he is dying in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) He saw it earlier in a dream.
(b) He hears Jesus talking to him.
(c) He sees the River Jordan.
(d) He doesn't feel any more pain.

5. Who does Hughes dedicate "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" to?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) His uncle, Malcom.
(c) His father, Langston.
(d) His cousin, Flora.

Short Answer Questions

1. What children's rhyme does the speaker mention in "Children's Rhymes"?

2. What is the one thing the fortune teller in "Ballad of the Fortune Teller" couldn't see?

3. What does the speaker claim "Madam" stands for in "Madam's Past History"?

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

5. What women are surrounding the speaker in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?

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