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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 describe the plants in "Garden"?
(a) As angry and ugly.
(b) As beautiful and relaxing.
(c) As boring and ignorant.
(d) As strange and distorted.

2. What did the speaker come home without in "Midnight Raffle"?
(a) The groceries his wife asked him to buy.
(b) A dime.
(c) A briefcase.
(d) A job.

3. Why is the speaker so concerned about her lover in "Lover's Return"?
(a) Because he looks so sick.
(b) Because he was in a car accident.
(c) Because he lost his job.
(d) Because he has suddenly gone blind.

4. Where did the speaker in "Late Last Night" sit and cry?
(a) At the cemetary.
(b) In the garden.
(c) On the steps.
(d) At the bank.

5. When was "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" published?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1859.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the congregation crying out to in "Shout"?

2. What does the speaker comment about one's sweetheart in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?

3. What are the waves kissing in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?

4. What does Big Boy want his woman to share with him in "50-50"?

5. Who is playing music in "The Weary Blues"?

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