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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 does the speaker say is a strong thing in "Spirituals"?
(a) Water.
(b) Nature.
(c) Song.
(d) Hatred.

2. What is Joy driving in "Joy"?
(a) The butcher's cart.
(b) A horse-drawn carriage.
(c) An imaginary buggy.
(d) A fancy car.

3. When does the musician finally stop playing in "The Weary Blues"?
(a) When the bar closes.
(b) When he collapses.
(c) When daybreak comes.
(d) When the church service is over.

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

5. What kind of cadence is "The Weary Blues" written in?
(a) The cadence of a sermon.
(b) The cadence of a blues song.
(c) The cadence of rap music.
(d) The cadence of classical music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is curved beneath Big Boy's arm in "Catch"?

2. What is one common theme in the poems presented in the "Feet o' Jesus" section of "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?

3. In the poem "Catch," what is Big Boy carrying on his shoulders?

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

5. What race was Langston Hughes?

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