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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" - "Let America Be America Again".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The speaker of the poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" suggests that the different countries named in the poem join together to sign what collective name?
(a) Proletarian.
(b) Human.
(c) Common man.
(d) Worker.

2. The poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" relies upon which literary device throughout the entirety of the poem?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Onomatopeia.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Personification.

3. What country is NOT mentioned within the poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution"?
(a) Poland.
(b) China.
(c) Africa.
(d) Cuba.

4. An allusion to which famous person is NOT included within the poem entitled "Scottsboro"?
(a) Joan of Arc.
(b) Nat Turner.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Lenin.

5. The speaker of the poem entitled "The South" says that the South smells of what scent?
(a) Magnolias.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Gumbo.
(d) Clean laundry.

Short Answer Questions

1. The final line of the poem "Afro-American Fragment" uses what adjective to describe the face of Africa?

2. The poem with a title that includes the words "The Raid" (33) also includes what date?

3. The speaker of the poem entitled "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" uses a simile to state that what object of his has "grown deep like the rivers" (3)?

4. What is the main metaphor running through the narrative of the poem "Mother to Son"?

5. What type of crop is being harvested in the poem entitled "Share-Croppers"?

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