Vintage Hughes Test | Final Test - Hard

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Vintage Hughes Test | Final Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The trumpet player featured within the poem of the same name is said to play music that "is honey mixed with" (82) what?

3. What word is spelled out at the end of the poem entitled "Dream Boogie"?

4. What musician is NOT alluded to within the poem entitled "Projection"?

5. What is the third word in the poem titled with the words "Where?" and "Which?" in its title as well?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Discuss one humanist message put forth within the poem entitled "Junior Addict."

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

5. In what way is repetition utilized within the poem entitled "Song for Billie Holiday"?

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

7. What is the main message of the poem entitled "Without Benefit of Declaration"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by Hughes in order to create vivid pictures and feelings for the reader. Choose three moments in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author within the collection Vintage Hughes serve Hughes’s purpose.

Essay Topic 2

What is the collection's message concerning the link between hope and progress?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Hughes's focus on the theme of brutality in the collection entitled Vintage Hughes. What message is Hughes sending about change and about one other theme of your choice?

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