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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. What did the speaker's mother say when life hurt her in the poem "Spirituals"?
(a) "Gonna get even, just you wait!"
(b) "Ain't no sinner like a mean sinner!"
(c) "Bless her soul, I can't forgive."
(d) "Gonna ride in my chariot some day!"

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

3. Where does Aunt Sue get her stories from in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?
(a) Her own life.
(b) The TV.
(c) The radio.
(d) A book.

4. What is Big Boy going to do with the object on his shoulders in "Catch"?
(a) Leave it at God's doorstep.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Sell it at the market.
(d) Drop him off at school.

5. What does the speaker say the sea is a wilderness of in "Long Trip"?
(a) Of beauty.
(b) Of animals.
(c) Of waves.
(d) Of all of God's creations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way Sylvester knows he is dying in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?

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

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

4. What is Langston Hughes known for?

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

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