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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Dream Dust” - “Same in Blues”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" relies upon which literary device throughout the entirety of the poem?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Onomatopeia.
(c) Personification.
(d) Understatement.

2. What is NOT a theme depicted in the poem entitled "Freedom's Plow"?
(a) Community.
(b) American innovation.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Deception.

3. What adjective is used to describe the place to which the Ku Klux Klan members take the speaker of the poem entitled "Ku Klux"?
(a) Dark.
(b) Lonesome.
(c) Crowded.
(d) Bereft.

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

5. The poem "Daybreak in Alabama" features a speaker who hopes to one day be what?
(a) Married.
(b) An adult.
(c) Respected.
(d) A composer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The daughter within the poem entitled "Mama and Daughter" is on her way to see whom?

3. The poem entitled "Love" describes the emotion of love as what kind of a wonder?

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

5. One of the poems in the Vintage Hughes collection is entitled "A Song....." for whom?

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