Selected Poems of Langston Hughes Test | Final Test - Hard

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Selected Poems of Langston Hughes Test | Final Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the speaker attempt suicide the second time in "Life Is Fine"?

2. What does the speaker wonder about his own death in "Cross"?

3. What would the speaker in "Young Gal's Blues" rather be dead than?

4. What is the name of the character in "Graduation"?

5. What 2 places does the speaker go to in "Young Gal's Blues"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What observation does the speaker make about the people riding the subway in "Subway Rush Hour"?

2. What does the stereotype of the poem "Uncle Tom" tap into?

3. What historical figure might Madam Alberta K. Johnson be based upon?

4. What are three sub-themes that appear in "Note on Commercial Theater"?

5. Which famous line of Langston Hughes is in "Harlem"?

6. What do both "Still Here" and "Me and the Mule" celebrate?

7. What does the speaker in "High to Low" accuse the "low" African-Americans of doing?

8. What one notable thing does the poem "Daybreak" address in the "Magnolia Flowers" section that the others do not?

9. What is the reader left to assume about how Madam makes money in the poems about her?

10. What is the commonality between all of the poems in "Lament Over Love"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In a well-written essay, discuss the symbolism, imagery, and diction Hughes uses in "March Moon."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss 3 rhetorical devices Hughes uses to transform the historical person Billie Holiday to the literary person in the poem of the same name.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast 2 poems in "Magnolia Flowers" and at least 3 rhetorical devices each uses to address life in the American South.

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