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

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

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

4. What women are surrounding the speaker in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) "Mother Mary, sweet angel of mine."
(b) "The two best women I ever did meet."
(c) "All the womens in the town."
(d) "My mama and wife, lights of my life."

5. In the poem "Feet o' Jesus," what does the author want to happen at Jesus's feet?
(a) His wife to say yes to his marriage proposal.
(b) His crops to sprout.
(c) God to show mercy.
(d) God to give him riches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the speaker comment about one's sweetheart in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?

3. What annoying habit of his Baby does the speaker address in "Morning After"?

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

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

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