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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XI: Madam to You.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What annoying habit of his Baby does the speaker address in "Morning After"?
(a) Drooling.
(b) Sneezing.
(c) Snoring.
(d) Leaving dishes out all the time.

2. What major era did Hughes contribute to?
(a) The Iron Age.
(b) The Birth of Slam Poetry.
(c) The Harlem Renaissance.
(d) The Novelists' Novelty Time.

3. What do the blues prevent the speaker from doing in "Miss Blues'es Child"?
(a) Smiling.
(b) Singing well.
(c) Playing the trumpet well.
(d) Earning money.

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

5. What is the drum saying to life in "Drum"?
(a) "Stay! / Stay!"
(b) "Come! / Come!"
(c) "Run! / Run!"
(d) "Go! / Go!"

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the poem about John Brown in the "Afro-American Fragments" section?

2. What does the woman's pain tell her to do in "Strange Hurt"?

3. What does the speaker say the sea is a wilderness of in "Long Trip"?

4. What does the speaker claim he, too, would do if he were a Gypsy?

5. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," what does the speaker say his souls has done similar to a river?

(see the answer key)

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