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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IX: Magnolia Flowers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruby Brown do for a living by the time the poem of her same name concludes?
(a) She is a doctor.
(b) She is a teacher.
(c) She is a prostitute.
(d) She quits her job but doesn't have a new one yet.

2. Who does Hughes dedicate "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" to?
(a) His cousin, Flora.
(b) His father, Langston.
(c) His uncle, Malcom.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

4. Who is the congregation crying out to in "Shout"?
(a) The couple getting married that day.
(b) The newspaper reporter.
(c) The other church across the street.
(d) Jesus.

5. Where is Happiness in "Heaven"?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) None of these answers is correct.
(c) Both of these answers are correct.
(d) Everywhere.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is missing from the wall in "End"?

4. What supernatural figure appears in the poem "Sunday Morning Prophecy"?

5. Why is the speaker so concerned about her lover in "Lover's Return"?

(see the answer key)

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