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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sign that the speaker of "Bad Morning" is indeed having a bad morning?
(a) A broken-down car.
(b) Too many bills on the kitchen table.
(c) Mismated shoes.
(d) A note from his lover saying she's leaving.

2. What do the blues prevent the speaker from doing in "Miss Blues'es Child"?
(a) Singing well.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Playing the trumpet well.
(d) Earning money.

3. When did Langston Hughes live?
(a) 1802 - 1864.
(b) 1935 - 1998.
(c) 1902 - 1964.
(d) 1960 - 2003.

4. Where does Hughes get the title "Feet of Jesus" from for that particular section in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?
(a) A popular TV show of the time.
(b) His mother's favorite phrases.
(c) His favorite Jazz song.
(d) A poem of the same name.

5. How does the speaker describe the trumpet player's music in "Trumpet Player"?
(a) Like "honey / Mixed with liquid fire."
(b) Like "a sick cat / Crying for the final dawn."
(c) Like "angel's voice / Filled with sorrow."
(d) Like "mother's voice / Through the darkest of nights."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the title "Litany" refer to?

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

3. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," what does the speaker say his souls has done similar to a river?

4. Where does Aunt Sue get her stories from in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?

5. In the poem "Spirituals," what strong items does the speaker look to put his hands on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the speaker describe a dream in "Beale Street"?

2. What are the two characters quarreling about in "Early Evening Quarrel"?

3. What is the unspoken implication about Monroe in "Monroe's Blues"?

4. Why is the speaker so surprised by his girlfriend's snoring in "Morning After"?

5. What exactly is the Black Pierrot mentioned in the poem of the same name?

6. What kind of tour does Hughes take the reader on in "Sea and Land"?

7. What does Hughes write in the introduction before the poem "Sunday Morning Prophecy" begins?

8. In "Afro-American Fragment" (the poem), what does the author imply is being fragmented?

9. What exactly is the "amen-corner" mentioned in the poem "Prayer-Meeting"?

10. What does the speaker of the poem "End" think about the passageway between states of existence?

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