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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 is the sign that the speaker of "Bad Morning" is indeed having a bad morning?
(a) Too many bills on the kitchen table.
(b) A broken-down car.
(c) Mismated shoes.
(d) A note from his lover saying she's leaving.

2. Who does Hughes dedicate "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" to?
(a) His cousin, Flora.
(b) His father, Langston.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) His uncle, Malcom.

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

4. What race was Langston Hughes?
(a) African American.
(b) Latino.
(c) White.
(d) Asian.

5. What did the speaker's lover do in "Late Last Night" that caused his/her heart to break?
(a) Look at him/her cross-eyed.
(b) Lost all their money gambling.
(c) Had an affair.
(d) Died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends the speaker a letter in "Personal"?

2. Who is playing music in "The Weary Blues"?

3. In the poem "Feet o' Jesus," what does the author want to happen at Jesus's feet?

4. Where is the dream a cocktail at in "Havana Dreams"?

5. In "Sunday Morning Prophecy," where does the preacher encourage the congregants to give freely?

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