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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 all that a snail knows in "Snail"?
(a) Sunrise and sunset.
(b) Shell and no shell.
(c) The bottom of people's shoes.
(d) Weather and rose.

2. When did Langston Hughes live?
(a) 1902 - 1964.
(b) 1935 - 1998.
(c) 1802 - 1864.
(d) 1960 - 2003.

3. What time does the speaker mention going down to the river in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?
(a) Five a.m.
(b) Three p.m.
(c) Two a.m.
(d) Ten p.m.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What language, other than English, is used in the poem "Havana Dreams"?

3. What did Hattie want Hammond to buy when he was out?

4. What kind of pain does the woman feel in "Strange Hurt"?

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

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