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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. Who shows the speaker a bad luck card in "Bad Luck Card"?
(a) A priest.
(b) A gypsy.
(c) A random person on the street.
(d) A relative.

2. What is Joy driving in "Joy"?
(a) A horse-drawn carriage.
(b) A fancy car.
(c) An imaginary buggy.
(d) The butcher's cart.

3. What is Big Boy going to do with the object on his shoulders in "Catch"?
(a) Leave it at God's doorstep.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Drop him off at school.
(d) Sell it at the market.

4. Who sends the speaker a letter in "Personal"?
(a) God.
(b) His mother.
(c) The devil.
(d) His wife.

5. In "As I Grew Older," what does the speaker say he had nearly forgotten?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His dream.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of pain does the woman feel in "Strange Hurt"?

3. What did the speaker's lover do in "Late Last Night" that caused his/her heart to break?

4. When was "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" published?

5. What is the sign that the speaker of "Bad Morning" is indeed having a bad morning?

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