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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 element is said to be useless to "one who will not live" (132) within the poem "Junior Addict"?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Rain.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Water.

2. The speaker in the poem entitled "Life is Fine" takes the elevator up how many floors while he is considering suicide?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 6.
(d) 24.

3. What type of literary device is used consistently within the first three lines of the poem entitled "Mississippi"?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Interjection.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. The speaker of the poem "Juke Box Love Song" is addressing a woman who, according to him, is NOT what?
(a) From Harlem.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Brown.

5. The Black Panther in the poem of the same name is said to "wear no" (141) what?
(a) Badge of honor.
(b) Smile.
(c) Disguise.
(d) Emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "Dream Boogie" includes what salutation at its beginning?

2. What is the first allusion included within the poem "Final Call"?

3. At the end of the poem "Without the Benefit of Declaration," the speaker tells the mother in the poem not to take what action?

4. Who pawns the item within the poem entitled "Could Be"?

5. What is the final verb used in the poem entitled "Question and Answer," when the optimistic speaker within the poem says his final piece?

Short Essay Questions

1. What historical figure is quoted within the poem that includes the lines "Who would be free/Themselves must strike/The first blow" (136)?

2. For what purpose does Hughes use allusion within the poem entitled "Projection"?

3. In what way could the poem "To Artina" be said to display a feminist message?

4. Discuss the appearance of the theme of redemption within the poem entitled "Life is Fine."

5. What state is being described within the poem that contains as its first three lines the words, "Oh, what sorrow!/Oh, what pity!/Oh, what pain" (115)?

6. What does the speaker of the poem entitled "Junior Addict" suggest as the solution for the addiction problem in the subject?

7. The poem entitled "Trumpet Player" uses what kind of metaphor to describe the qualities of music?

8. Discuss two examples of personification within the poem entitled "Georgia Dusk."

9. For what purpose does Hughes invoke a large number of allusions within the poem entitled "Final Call"?

10. What is the setting of the poem entitled "Projection"?

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