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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 Aunt Sue get her stories from in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?
(a) The TV.
(b) A book.
(c) Her own life.
(d) The radio.

2. What is Langston Hughes known for?
(a) Being a poet.
(b) Being an essayist.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Being a social activist.

3. What does the speaker claim people do on the sea in "Long Trip"?
(a) Swim and float.
(b) Flip and fly.
(c) Dip and dive.
(d) Sail and wail.

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

5. What nickname does Sylvester give himself in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) Saint Sylvester.
(b) Sweet Papa 'Vester.
(c) Sylvest the Best.
(d) Sly Syl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "tom-toms" refer to in "Danse Africaine"?

2. What is Big Boy going to do with the object on his shoulders in "Catch"?

3. What is all that a snail knows in "Snail"?

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

5. What kind of cadence is "The Weary Blues" written in?

(see the answer key)

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