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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. Which continent features most prominently in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?
(a) Europe.
(b) South America.
(c) Asia.
(d) Africa.

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

3. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," where does the speaker say he has been over time?
(a) The Nile.
(b) The Euphrates.
(c) The Congo.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

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

5. What does the speaker comment about one's sweetheart in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?
(a) That she's a lying, cheating fake.
(b) That he wishes she'd never been born.
(c) That she's as beautiful as the sunset.
(d) That she's as beautiful as the sunrise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sign that the speaker of "Bad Morning" is indeed having a bad morning?

2. Which of the following does the speaker NOT claim to have been in "Negro"?

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

4. What did the speaker's mother say when life hurt her in the poem "Spirituals"?

5. What color does the speaker in "Wake" tell his mourners to wear?

(see the answer key)

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