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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section V: Distance Nowhere.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major era did Hughes contribute to?
(a) The Harlem Renaissance.
(b) The Iron Age.
(c) The Novelists' Novelty Time.
(d) The Birth of Slam Poetry.

2. In the poem "Catch," what is Big Boy carrying on his shoulders?
(a) The weight of the world.
(b) His son.
(c) A basket of wheat.
(d) A mermaid.

3. Where does the speaker think the distance is between "here and there" in the poem "Border Line"?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) In his own mind.
(c) Everywhere.
(d) The red line of the subway.

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

5. Who sends the speaker a letter in "Personal"?
(a) His mother.
(b) The devil.
(c) His wife.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" published?

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

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

4. What are the tambourines being played for in "Tambourines"?

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

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