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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 "mellows to a golden note" in "Trumpet Player"?
(a) Music.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Rage.

2. What is the Indian merchantman doing in "Seascape"?
(a) Being buried.
(b) Going out to sea.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Coming home.

3. What race was Langston Hughes?
(a) African American.
(b) Asian.
(c) White.
(d) Latino.

4. Who is playing music in "The Weary Blues"?
(a) A white woman.
(b) A black man.
(c) A black woman.
(d) A white man.

5. What color does the speaker in "Wake" tell his mourners to wear?
(a) Red.
(b) Pink
(c) Black.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Big Boy want his woman to share with him in "50-50"?

2. In "As I Grew Older," what does the speaker say he had nearly forgotten?

3. What does the trumpet player have beneath his eyes in "Trumpet Player"?

4. In the poem "Fire," who does the author say he has had more women than?

5. When does the musician finally stop playing in "The Weary Blues"?

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