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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 middle initial of the woman at the center of the poem "Madam and the Census Man"?
(a) M.
(b) K.
(c) L.
(d) N.

2. The mother character in the poem entitled "Without Benefit of Declaration" receives what object in lieu of her son?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A needle.
(c) A medal.
(d) A necklace.

3. What religious allusion does the poem "To Artina" include?
(a) Jesus.
(b) God.
(c) Moses.
(d) Allah.

4. The poem "Not What Was" uses what object as a metaphor for life?
(a) A clock.
(b) A birdhouse.
(c) A rose.
(d) A key.

5. The speaker of the poem entitled "Junior Addict" pleads with the sunrise to come quickly out of what location?
(a) Africa.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Zimbabwe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What non-traditional element is included within the poem entitled "Cultural Exchange"?

2. The speaker of the poem entitled "Advice" says that "dying is" (97) what?

3. What is the final line of the short poem entitled "Dream Dust"?

4. What literary device is NOT used within the poem entitled "To Be Somebody"?

5. The speaker of the poem entitled "Without Benefit of Declaration" rails against what element of society?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the poem entitled Madam and the Census Man" display the theme of pride in identity?

2. Discuss the way in which the theme of appearance versus reality appears within the poem entitled "Dinner Guest: Me."

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

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

5. In the poem that begins with three different interjections to do with "sorrow" and "pity" and "pain" (115), what type of eyes is terror said to have?

6. What is the Existential viewpoint of the poem entitled "Advice"?

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

8. What is the most prominent literary device used within the poem entitled "To Be Somebody"?

9. What possibilities does Hughes imagine in relation to a "dream deferred" (108) in perhaps his most famous poem, entitled "Harlem [2]"?

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

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