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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VI: After Hours.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker say the sea is a wilderness of in "Long Trip"?
(a) Of animals.
(b) Of waves.
(c) Of beauty.
(d) Of all of God's creations.

2. In the poem "Catch," what is Big Boy carrying on his shoulders?
(a) His son.
(b) A mermaid.
(c) A basket of wheat.
(d) The weight of the world.

3. What time does the speaker mention going down to the river in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?
(a) Three p.m.
(b) Five a.m.
(c) Two a.m.
(d) Ten p.m.

4. When does the musician finally stop playing in "The Weary Blues"?
(a) When daybreak comes.
(b) When the bar closes.
(c) When he collapses.
(d) When the church service is over.

5. Where did the speaker in "Late Last Night" sit and cry?
(a) In the garden.
(b) At the cemetary.
(c) On the steps.
(d) At the bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country is NOT mentioned in any of the poems in "Sea and Land"?

2. How are the poems in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" organized?

3. What inanimate object speaks in "Heaven"?

4. What does the speaker say is a strong thing in "Spirituals"?

5. What is Hughes known as being the originator of?

(see the answer key)

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