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

2. In the poem "Fire," who does the author say he has had more women than?
(a) Than the gardener had tomatoes.
(b) Than Pharoah had wives.
(c) Than the forest had trees.
(d) Than the president had votes.

3. What race was Langston Hughes?
(a) White.
(b) Latino.
(c) Asian.
(d) African American.

4. What is the title of the poem about John Brown in the "Afro-American Fragments" section?
(a) John Brown.
(b) October 16.
(c) Mississippi Burning.
(d) Brown John.

5. How are the poems in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" organized?
(a) By thematic section.
(b) Alphabetically.
(c) By publication date.
(d) Randomly.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the congregation crying out to in "Shout"?

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

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

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