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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III: Shadow of the Blues.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sign that the speaker of "Bad Morning" is indeed having a bad morning?
(a) A note from his lover saying she's leaving.
(b) Mismated shoes.
(c) Too many bills on the kitchen table.
(d) A broken-down car.

2. In "Angels Wings," what does the speaker say the angel's wings are as white as?
(a) Milk.
(b) Snow.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Cotton.

3. In "Sunday Morning Prophecy," where does the preacher encourage the congregants to give freely?
(a) From their kitchens.
(b) In their own homes.
(c) In their communities.
(d) In the collection basket.

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) Two a.m.
(d) Ten p.m.

5. When does the musician finally stop playing in "The Weary Blues"?
(a) When daybreak comes.
(b) When he collapses.
(c) When the church service is over.
(d) When the bar closes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the speaker encourage the reader to wonder about when down by the river?

3. What is one common theme in the poems presented in the "Feet o' Jesus" section of "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?

4. Who is sitting in the amen-corner of the church in "Prayer Meeting"?

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

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