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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 is "Prayer Meeting" an example of?
(a) Speaking in tongues.
(b) A vignette.
(c) Old English.
(d) Iambic pentameter.

2. Where does Hughes get the title "Feet of Jesus" from for that particular section in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?
(a) His mother's favorite phrases.
(b) A popular TV show of the time.
(c) His favorite Jazz song.
(d) A poem of the same name.

3. Who does Hughes dedicate "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" to?
(a) His cousin, Flora.
(b) His uncle, Malcom.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) His father, Langston.

4. 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.

5. What are the tambourines being played for in "Tambourines"?
(a) A wedding.
(b) Peace.
(c) A funeral.
(d) Glory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is listening to the stories Aunt Sue tells in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?

2. When did Langston Hughes live?

3. In "Sunday Morning Prophecy," where does the preacher encourage the congregants to give freely?

4. In the poem "Fire," who does the author say he has had more women than?

5. Where does Aunt Sue get her stories from in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?

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