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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. The final line of the poem "Afro-American Fragment" uses what adjective to describe the face of Africa?
(a) Wise.
(b) Noble.
(c) Dark.
(d) Wide.

2. The poem with a title that includes the words "The Raid" (33) also includes what date?
(a) November 16th.
(b) December 16th.
(c) October 16th.
(d) April 16th.

3. The speaker of the poem "Good Morning Revolution" suggests that soon all but which of the following will be true?
(a) No one will be taken for granted.
(b) No one will be oppressed.
(c) No one will be hungry.
(d) No one will be cold.

4. The speaker of the poem "The South" says at the end of the poem that he will soon seek the North, for he has heard it said that the North is what?
(a) A more intelligent host.
(b) A more welcoming host.
(c) A kinder mistress.
(d) A more scrupulous government.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the four stanza titles within the poem "A House in Taos"?

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

3. In the poem "Midnight Dancer," Hughes uses what object to act as a simile involving breasts?

4. 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)?

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

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