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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VI: After Hours.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the speaker specifically describe the tulips in "Garden"?
(a) As on their knees.
(b) As peaceful and calm.
(c) As looking dopey with their big "heads."
(d) As boring without many leaves.

2. What is one way Sylvester knows he is dying in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) He doesn't feel any more pain.
(b) He hears Jesus talking to him.
(c) He saw it earlier in a dream.
(d) He sees the River Jordan.

3. What do the blues prevent the speaker from doing in "Miss Blues'es Child"?
(a) Singing well.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Playing the trumpet well.
(d) Earning money.

4. Which of the following does the speaker NOT claim to have been in "Negro"?
(a) A singer.
(b) A worker.
(c) A slave.
(d) A doctor.

5. What annoying habit of his Baby does the speaker address in "Morning After"?
(a) Leaving dishes out all the time.
(b) Drooling.
(c) Snoring.
(d) Sneezing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What asked the speaker for a kiss in "Suicide's Note"?

2. When the speaker asks his lover if she understands him in "Maybe," what does she say?

3. What major era did Hughes contribute to?

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

5. What did the speaker come home without in "Midnight Raffle"?

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