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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VIII: Lament Over Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Fire," what does the author think fire is going to do?
(a) Burn his crops.
(b) Clean his sins away.
(c) Burn his house down.
(d) Burn his soul.

2. What women are surrounding the speaker in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) "Mother Mary, sweet angel of mine."
(b) "My mama and wife, lights of my life."
(c) "The two best women I ever did meet."
(d) "All the womens in the town."

3. What kind of pain does the woman feel in "Strange Hurt"?
(a) A "silent" pain.
(b) A "queer" pain.
(c) A "Godlike" pain.
(d) A "heart" pain.

4. What kind of music are tambourines often used in?
(a) Gospel music.
(b) Traditional Chinese music.
(c) Classical music.
(d) Irish music.

5. What is the one thing the fortune teller in "Ballad of the Fortune Teller" couldn't see?
(a) That she was going to be robbed.
(b) Where her lover went.
(c) That her business was going to go bankrupt.
(d) When she was going to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sitting in the amen-corner of the church in "Prayer Meeting"?

2. What is the name of the man in "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?

3. What inappropriate fashion item do the pimps wear in "What?"

4. Who sends the speaker a letter in "Personal"?

5. What is one common theme in the poems presented in the "Feet o' Jesus" section of "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?

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