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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the fortune teller's lover in the poem entitled "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?
(a) Jeff.
(b) Dave.
(c) Michael.
(d) Wade.

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

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

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

5. From what object were the two boys hung to whom the poem "The Bitter River" is dedicated?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A tree.
(c) A flag pole.
(d) A lamp post.

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. How old were the two boys to whom the poem "The Bitter River" is dedicated?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way are sensory details used within the poem entitled "Harlem Night Song"?

2. What is the Existential viewpoint of the poem entitled "I Dream a World"?

3. In what way is repetition used within the poem entitled "Brass Spittoons"?

4. To what element does Hughes compare the object of a drum in the poem entitled "Drum"?

5. The poem entitled "I, Too" is a response to a poem by what famous American author?

6. In what way does the speaker of the poem "Daybreak in Alabama" want to commemorate the beauty of the titular subject?

7. How is the theme of family bonds depicted within the poem entitled "Mother to Son"?

8. What action does the speaker of the poem entitled "October 16:The Raid" want the reader to take regarding John Brown?

9. With what countries does the speaker of the poem "Good Morning Revolution" ally himself?

10. In what way are the themes of brutality and oppression intertwined within the poem "Ku Klux"?

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