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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" - "Let America Be America Again".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a type of textual inclusion used within the lengthy poem entitled "Let America Be America Again"?
(a) Semicolons.
(b) Exclamation points.
(c) Parentheses.
(d) Italics.

2. What is the main metaphor running through the narrative of the poem "Mother to Son"?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Stairs.
(c) Telephones.
(d) Sunshine.

3. What term does Hughes use to describe the Mexican Market Woman in the first line of the poem of the same title?
(a) Crone.
(b) Queen.
(c) Seer.
(d) Hag.

4. What type of literary device is used throughout the poem entitled "Joy"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Onomatopeia.

5. What country is NOT mentioned within the poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution"?
(a) China.
(b) Africa.
(c) Poland.
(d) Cuba.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker of the poem entitled "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" uses a simile to state that what object of his has "grown deep like the rivers" (3)?

2. The poem entitled "A Black Pierrot" uses what literary device in crafting the first line of each stanza?

3. What advice does the gypsy give to the speaker of the poem entitled "Bad Luck Card"?

4. The speaker of the poem entitled "The South" says that the South smells of what scent?

5. The poem "I, Too" is a response to a poem by which famous American poet?

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