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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. When was "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" published?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1899.

2. What did the speaker's mother say when life hurt her in the poem "Spirituals"?
(a) "Gonna ride in my chariot some day!"
(b) "Ain't no sinner like a mean sinner!"
(c) "Gonna get even, just you wait!"
(d) "Bless her soul, I can't forgive."

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

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

5. How does the woman in "Strange Hurt" wander in the cold during winter?
(a) Loudly.
(b) Naked.
(c) Scared.
(d) Terrified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What race was Langston Hughes?

2. Who is listening to the stories Aunt Sue tells in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?

3. What is all that a snail knows in "Snail"?

4. What did the speaker's lover do in "Late Last Night" that caused his/her heart to break?

5. What time does the speaker mention going down to the river in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?

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