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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. Where does the speaker find himself after dying in the poem "Judgment Day"?
(a) With God.
(b) Back in Atlanta.
(c) In Hell.
(d) Back in his childhood bedroom.

2. What does the title "Litany" refer to?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) A city in the South.
(c) A city in Africa.
(d) A prayer.

3. What time does the speaker mention going down to the river in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?
(a) Three p.m.
(b) Two a.m.
(c) Ten p.m.
(d) Five a.m.

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

5. In the poem "Spirituals," what strong items does the speaker look to put his hands on?
(a) Rocks.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) The firm roots of trees.
(d) The rising shaft of mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sign that the speaker of "Bad Morning" is indeed having a bad morning?

2. What are the waves cutting the darkness with in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?

3. What is Langston Hughes known for?

4. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," where does the speaker say he has been over time?

5. What did the speaker's lover also pawn when he/she pawned the speaker's watch?

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