Vintage Hughes Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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Vintage Hughes Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Dream Dust” - “Same in Blues”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The speaker of the poem "Juke Box Love Song" states that he will "make a crown" (95) using what materials?
(a) Boogie woogie beats.
(b) Thistles.
(c) Saxophone notes.
(d) Neon lights.

2. The poem "I, Too" is a response to a poem by which famous American poet?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) e.e. cummings.
(c) William Carlos Williams.
(d) Allen Ginsberg.

3. The poem "Lover's Return" is written from the point of view of what type of person?
(a) A shoeshine boy.
(b) A woman.
(c) A man.
(d) A sailor.

4. One of the poems in the Vintage Hughes collection is entitled "A Song....." for whom?
(a) Lena Horne.
(b) Sarah Bernhardt.
(c) Spike Jones.
(d) Billie Holiday.

5. What musician is NOT alluded to within the poem entitled "Projection"?
(a) Sammy Davis.
(b) Jackie Mabley.
(c) Billie Holiday.
(d) Dizzy Gillespie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "To Be Somebody," what object does the "little girl" (92) dream of?

2. In the poem "Midnight Dancer," Hughes uses what object to act as a simile involving breasts?

3. What is NOT a type of weather featured in the poem entitled "Still Here"?

4. The speaker of the poem "Merry-Go-Round" asks about the whereabouts of what section on the Merry-Go-Round?

5. What term does Hughes use to describe the Mexican Market Woman in the first line of the poem of the same title?

(see the answer key)

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