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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is Happiness in "Heaven"?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Everywhere.
(c) Both of these answers are correct.
(d) None of these answers is correct.
2. Where did the speaker in "Late Last Night" sit and cry?
(a) At the bank.
(b) In the garden.
(c) On the steps.
(d) At the cemetary.
3. What is the sign that the speaker of "Bad Morning" is indeed having a bad morning?
(a) A broken-down car.
(b) Mismated shoes.
(c) Too many bills on the kitchen table.
(d) A note from his lover saying she's leaving.
4. In "As I Grew Older," what does the speaker say he had nearly forgotten?
(a) His dream.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His wallet.
5. What are the waves cutting the darkness with in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?
(a) An eerie silence.
(b) Their silver shanks.
(c) Thier bioluminescent spheres.
(d) The sounds of their crashes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What time does the speaker mention going down to the river in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?
2. Where does the speaker think the distance is between "here and there" in the poem "Border Line"?
3. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," where does the speaker say he has been over time?
4. In the poem "Spirituals," what strong items does the speaker look to put his hands on?
5. Where does the speaker find himself after dying in the poem "Judgment Day"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Hughes write in the introduction before the poem "Sunday Morning Prophecy" begins?
2. What advice does the gypsy give the speaker in "Bad Luck Card"?
3. Why does the preacher in "Sunday Morning Prophecy" want congregants to give freely into the collection basket?
4. What does the speaker hope in the poem "Island"?
5. What does the poem "Drum" portray Death's eventuality as?
6. For how long does the speaker in "Evil" plan to "keep on at it"?
7. What are the two characters quarreling about in "Early Evening Quarrel"?
8. What is the unspoken implication about Monroe in "Monroe's Blues"?
9. What simile is used in "Lover's Return"?
10. What is the poem "Fulfilment" about?
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