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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Island [2]" - "Un-American Investigators".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" describes Harlem as "the kid you hope will grow up" (73) what?
(a) Strong.
(b) Proud.
(c) Willful.
(d) Nice.

2. The woman within the poem "Madam and the Census Man" tells the census man not to write down what title on the census form?
(a) Mssr.
(b) Mr.
(c) Miss.
(d) Mrs.

3. What is the main metaphor running through the narrative of the poem "Mother to Son"?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Stairs.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Telephones.

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

5. About whom is the speaker of the poem "Silent One" speaking?
(a) His son.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) His daughter.
(d) Her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many poems within the collection Vintage Hughes include stage directions regarding a particular element of the poem's performance?

2. About what type of violence does the poem entitled "Who but the Lord" revolve?

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

4. The speaker of the poem "The South" says at the end of the poem that he will soon seek the North, for he has heard it said that the North is what?

5. The Black Panther in the poem of the same name is said to "wear no" (141) what?

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