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

2. What does the title "Litany" refer to?
(a) A city in Africa.
(b) A prayer.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) A city in the South.

3. Where does Hughes get the title "Feet of Jesus" from for that particular section in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?
(a) His favorite Jazz song.
(b) His mother's favorite phrases.
(c) A poem of the same name.
(d) A popular TV show of the time.

4. Who is playing music in "The Weary Blues"?
(a) A white woman.
(b) A black man.
(c) A white man.
(d) A black woman.

5. What is one way Sylvester knows he is dying in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) He saw it earlier in a dream.
(b) He doesn't feel any more pain.
(c) He hears Jesus talking to him.
(d) He sees the River Jordan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What supernatural figure appears in the poem "Sunday Morning Prophecy"?

3. Who shows the speaker a bad luck card in "Bad Luck Card"?

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

5. What is Hughes known as being the originator of?

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