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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IV: Land and Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Big Boy going to do with the object on his shoulders in "Catch"?
(a) Sell it at the market.
(b) Leave it at God's doorstep.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Drop him off at school.

2. What does the speaker comment about one's sweetheart in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?
(a) That he wishes she'd never been born.
(b) That she's as beautiful as the sunset.
(c) That she's as beautiful as the sunrise.
(d) That she's a lying, cheating fake.

3. What race was Langston Hughes?
(a) Asian.
(b) Latino.
(c) African American.
(d) White.

4. In "Sunday Morning Prophecy," where does the preacher encourage the congregants to give freely?
(a) In the collection basket.
(b) From their kitchens.
(c) In their communities.
(d) In their own homes.

5. When does the musician finally stop playing in "The Weary Blues"?
(a) When the bar closes.
(b) When the church service is over.
(c) When he collapses.
(d) When daybreak comes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the speaker in "Late Last Night" sit and cry?

2. What did the speaker's lover do in "Late Last Night" that caused his/her heart to break?

3. Who is the congregation crying out to in "Shout"?

4. What is one way Sylvester knows he is dying in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?

5. What language, other than English, is used in the poem "Havana Dreams"?

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