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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 Langston Hughes known for?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Being an essayist.
(c) Being a social activist.
(d) Being a poet.

2. Who selected the poems in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?
(a) His mom.
(b) His editor.
(c) Langston Hughes himself.
(d) His wife.

3. What did the speaker's mother say when life hurt her in the poem "Spirituals"?
(a) "Gonna ride in my chariot some day!"
(b) "Bless her soul, I can't forgive."
(c) "Ain't no sinner like a mean sinner!"
(d) "Gonna get even, just you wait!"

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Sylvester give himself in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?

2. In "Angels Wings," what does the speaker say the angel's wings are as white as?

3. Who does Hughes dedicate "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" to?

4. Which continent features most prominently in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?

5. What kind of cadence is "The Weary Blues" written in?

(see the answer key)

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