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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II: Feet O' Jesus.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the congregation crying out to in "Shout"?
(a) The other church across the street.
(b) Jesus.
(c) The couple getting married that day.
(d) The newspaper reporter.

4. What does the speaker say is a strong thing in "Spirituals"?
(a) Song.
(b) Water.
(c) Nature.
(d) Hatred.

5. Who is listening to the stories Aunt Sue tells in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?
(a) No one, which is why the poem is so sad.
(b) A "brown-faced child."
(c) The entire neighborhood.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What supernatural figure appears in the poem "Sunday Morning Prophecy"?

2. When was "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" published?

3. In the poem "Fire," what does the author think fire is going to do?

4. Where does the speaker find himself after dying in the poem "Judgment Day"?

5. In "As I Grew Older," what does the speaker say he had nearly forgotten?

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