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

2. In the poem "Feet o' Jesus," what does the author want to happen at Jesus's feet?
(a) His crops to sprout.
(b) God to show mercy.
(c) God to give him riches.
(d) His wife to say yes to his marriage proposal.

3. Who is playing music in "The Weary Blues"?
(a) A white woman.
(b) A black woman.
(c) A white man.
(d) A black man.

4. What does the speaker say is a strong thing in "Spirituals"?
(a) Water.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Song.
(d) Nature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is curved beneath Big Boy's arm in "Catch"?

2. In "As I Grew Older," what does the speaker say he had nearly forgotten?

3. Who is the song for in "Genius Child"?

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

5. In "Water-Front Streets," where does the speaker claim to carry "beauties"?

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