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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section V: Distance Nowhere.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the speaker NOT claim to have been in "Negro"?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A worker.
(c) A singer.
(d) A slave.

2. What is one common theme in the poems presented in the "Feet o' Jesus" section of "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?
(a) Religion.
(b) Money.
(c) Fame.
(d) New York City.

3. What did the speaker's lover also pawn when he/she pawned the speaker's watch?
(a) Brain.
(b) Sanity.
(c) Youth.
(d) Heart.

4. What does the woman's pain tell her to do in "Strange Hurt"?
(a) "Bathe in the river / As those before you have done."
(b) "Walk through the fire / To better know the rain."
(c) "Go outside / To understand your inner turmoil."
(d) "You'll find rain better / Than shelter from the rain."

5. What are the tambourines being played for in "Tambourines"?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A wedding.
(c) Glory.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What women are surrounding the speaker in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?

2. Who is the congregation crying out to in "Shout"?

3. Where does the speaker find himself after dying in the poem "Judgment Day"?

4. What kind of cadence is "The Weary Blues" written in?

5. What does the speaker encourage the reader to wonder about when down by the river?

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