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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. What color does the speaker in "Wake" tell his mourners to wear?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Pink
2. What does the speaker encourage the reader to wonder about when down by the river?
(a) The preciousness of children.
(b) How beautiful nature is.
(c) The power of love.
(d) What (you) got left.
3. In "Angels Wings," what does the speaker say the angel's wings are as white as?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Milk.
(c) Snow.
(d) Cotton.
4. What "mellows to a golden note" in "Trumpet Player"?
(a) Music.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Rage.
(d) Trouble.
5. How does the speaker specifically describe the tulips in "Garden"?
(a) As on their knees.
(b) As peaceful and calm.
(c) As looking dopey with their big "heads."
(d) As boring without many leaves.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Aunt Sue get her stories from in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?
2. What does the speaker comment about one's mother in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?
3. In the poem "Catch," what is Big Boy carrying on his shoulders?
4. How does the woman in "Strange Hurt" wander in the cold during winter?
5. What does the title "Litany" refer to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What advice does the gypsy give the speaker in "Bad Luck Card"?
2. What is the unspoken implication about Monroe in "Monroe's Blues"?
3. What kind of tour does Hughes take the reader on in "Sea and Land"?
4. Why does the preacher in "Sunday Morning Prophecy" want congregants to give freely into the collection basket?
5. What kind of imagery is most prevalent in the poems in the section "Sea and Land"?
6. What does the speaker of the poem "End" think about the passageway between states of existence?
7. Who is gathered up in the poem "Litany"?
8. What kinds of objects are referenced in "Spirituals"?
9. What exactly is the Black Pierrot mentioned in the poem of the same name?
10. What are the two characters quarreling about in "Early Evening Quarrel"?
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