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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. How are the poems in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" organized?
(a) By thematic section.
(b) Alphabetically.
(c) Randomly.
(d) By publication date.

2. What does the woman's pain tell her to do in "Strange Hurt"?
(a) "Go outside / To understand your inner turmoil."
(b) "Walk through the fire / To better know the rain."
(c) "You'll find rain better / Than shelter from the rain."
(d) "Bathe in the river / As those before you have done."

3. What color does the speaker in "Wake" tell his mourners to wear?
(a) White.
(b) Pink
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

4. Where is the dream a cocktail at in "Havana Dreams"?
(a) Bros'.
(b) Moe's.
(c) Sloppy Joe's.
(d) No one knows.

5. What does the word "tom-toms" refer to in "Danse Africaine"?
(a) Fruits.
(b) Drawings.
(c) Drums.
(d) Shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the waves cutting the darkness with in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?

2. What inanimate object speaks in "Heaven"?

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

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

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

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