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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 literary device is NOT used within the poem entitled "To Be Somebody"?
(a) Interjection.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Personification.

2. The poem entitled "Final Call" suggests that Robin Hood should be called upon to "clinch" (133) what type of campaign?
(a) The campaign for legal justice.
(b) The campaign for a better American government.
(c) The campaign against prejudice.
(d) The anti-poverty campaign.

3. From what type of building would a black Jesus be turned away, according to the speaker of the poem entitled "Bible Belt"?
(a) A children's playground.
(b) A library.
(c) A school building.
(d) A church.

4. In what setting does the beginning of the poem "Life is Fine" take place?
(a) At a river.
(b) At a circus.
(c) At a lake.
(d) At a carnival.

5. The poem "Late Last Night" depicts the subject as he sits in what location while he cries over his lost love?
(a) On his roof.
(b) In the bus station.
(c) On a motorcycle.
(d) On stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does the census man within the poem "Madam and the Census Man" want to put down in place of the woman's middle initial?

2. The speaker of the poem entitled "To Artina" does NOT say that he will take what object from Artina?

3. Besides English, what other language is included within the poem entitled "Final Call"?

4. What term is used to describe the people who bury the man at the center of the poem "Dead in There"?

5. What type of literary device is used consistently within the first three lines of the poem entitled "Mississippi"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hughes's use of character foils within the poem entitled "Mama and Daughter."

2. In what way is repetition utilized within the poem entitled "Song for Billie Holiday"?

3. In the poem that begins with three different interjections to do with "sorrow" and "pity" and "pain" (115), what type of eyes is terror said to have?

4. Characterize the two speakers within the poem entitled "Question and Answer."

5. What does the speaker of the poem entitled "Junior Addict" suggest as the solution for the addiction problem in the subject?

6. In what way could the poem "To Artina" be said to display a feminist message?

7. To whom is the poem entitled "Late Last Night" addressed?

8. In what way is the theme of isolation depicted within the poem entitled "Kid in the Park"?

9. What is the most prominent literary device used within the poem entitled "To Be Somebody"?

10. What possibilities does Hughes imagine in relation to a "dream deferred" (108) in perhaps his most famous poem, entitled "Harlem [2]"?

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