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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 Hughes known as being the originator of?
(a) African American poetry.
(b) Slam poetry.
(c) Jazz poetry.
(d) Modernist poetry.

2. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," where does the speaker say he has been over time?
(a) The Euphrates.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) The Nile.
(d) The Congo.

3. What kind of music are tambourines often used in?
(a) Irish music.
(b) Gospel music.
(c) Traditional Chinese music.
(d) Classical music.

4. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," what does the speaker say his souls has done similar to a river?
(a) Rushed to the ocean.
(b) Flown with anger.
(c) Grown deep.
(d) Washed everything clean.

5. Who is listening to the stories Aunt Sue tells in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?
(a) A "brown-faced child."
(b) The entire neighborhood.
(c) Her husband.
(d) No one, which is why the poem is so sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Fire," who does the author say he has had more women than?

2. Which continent features most prominently in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?

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

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

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

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