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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "In Time of Silver Rain" - "Fulfillment".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of technique or device is used in the poem entitled "Comment on War"?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Diaspora.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Sarcasm.

2. What are the four stanza titles within the poem "A House in Taos"?
(a) Rain, snow, moon, and wind.
(b) Rain, sun, moon, and wind.
(c) Rain, sleet, moon, and wind.
(d) Rain, hail, moon, and wind.

3. The speaker of the poem "Negro" states that he has been a singer "all the way from Africa" (5) to where?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Timbuktu.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Tennessee.

4. In what position is the subject of the poem "Troubled Woman"?
(a) She is sitting.
(b) She is lying down.
(c) She is floating in the air.
(d) She is standing.

5. What phrase is repeated three times in the poem entitled "In Time of Silver Rain"?
(a) With me.
(b) For you.
(c) Of life.
(d) My love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main metaphor running through the narrative of the poem "Mother to Son"?

2. The speaker of the poem "Merry-Go-Round" asks about the whereabouts of what section on the Merry-Go-Round?

3. How much money does the subject of the poem "Brass Spittoons" make per day?

4. From what object were the two boys hung to whom the poem "The Bitter River" is dedicated?

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

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