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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem entitled "Words Like Freedom," what other word in the poem is italicized, besides the word "freedom" (67)?
(a) Justice.
(b) Solvency.
(c) Pride.
(d) Liberty.

2. What advice does the gypsy give to the speaker of the poem entitled "Bad Luck Card"?
(a) To place a knife underneath his bed.
(b) To find a lover.
(c) To pray.
(d) To commit suicide.

3. The poem "I, Too" is a response to a poem by which famous American poet?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) William Carlos Williams.
(d) e.e. cummings.

4. An allusion to which famous person is NOT included within the poem entitled "Scottsboro"?
(a) Nat Turner.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Joan of Arc.

5. How old were the two boys to whom the poem "The Bitter River" is dedicated?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

6. What is written on the back of the letter featured within the poem entitled "Little Old Letter"?
(a) The word goodbye.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The speaker's name.
(d) The name of the speaker's lover.

7. What is the middle initial of the speaker in the poem "Madam's Past History"?
(a) A.
(b) L.
(c) Y.
(d) K.

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

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

10. Mary Lulu Jackson is the subject of which poem?
(a) The Negro Speaks of Rivers.
(b) I, Too.
(c) Graduation.
(d) Harlem [2].

11. The poem "Lover's Return" is written from the point of view of what type of person?
(a) A shoeshine boy.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A woman.
(d) A man.

12. To what personality does the speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" NOT allude within the poem?
(a) Joe Louis.
(b) Marian Anderson.
(c) Muhammed Ali.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.

13. 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 oppressed.
(b) No one will be cold.
(c) No one will be taken for granted.
(d) No one will be hungry.

14. About what type of violence does the poem entitled "Who but the Lord" revolve?
(a) Schoolyard bullying.
(b) Domestic violence.
(c) Military operations.
(d) Police brutality.

15. In the poem "Midnight Dancer," Hughes uses what object to act as a simile involving breasts?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Cups of black coffee.
(c) Aquamarines.
(d) Pillows.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "I Dream a World," to what object does the speaker compare joy by using a simile?

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

3. In what position is the subject of the poem "Troubled Woman"?

4. What is NOT a type of weather featured in the poem entitled "Still Here"?

5. The second poem within Vintage Hughes focuses on the stories of whom?

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