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

2. When did Langston Hughes live?
(a) 1935 - 1998.
(b) 1902 - 1964.
(c) 1960 - 2003.
(d) 1802 - 1864.

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

4. What does the speaker encourage the reader to wonder about when down by the river?
(a) What (you) got left.
(b) How beautiful nature is.
(c) The power of love.
(d) The preciousness of children.

5. What supernatural figure appears in the poem "Sunday Morning Prophecy"?
(a) Fairies.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Wizards.
(d) Devils.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When does the musician finally stop playing in "The Weary Blues"?

4. Where does Hughes get the title "Feet of Jesus" from for that particular section in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?

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

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