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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. Who shows the speaker a bad luck card in "Bad Luck Card"?
(a) A priest.
(b) A random person on the street.
(c) A relative.
(d) A gypsy.

2. What is Joy driving in "Joy"?
(a) An imaginary buggy.
(b) A horse-drawn carriage.
(c) The butcher's cart.
(d) A fancy car.

3. What did Hattie want Hammond to buy when he was out?
(a) Bread.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Wine.
(d) Butter.

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

5. Who is the song for in "Genius Child"?
(a) The genius child himself.
(b) A former professor of the speaker.
(c) The average child.
(d) A student.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the speaker's lover do in "Late Last Night" that caused his/her heart to break?

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

3. Why is the speaker so concerned about her lover in "Lover's Return"?

4. What is one common theme in the poems presented in the "Feet o' Jesus" section of "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?

5. How are the poems in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" organized?

(see the answer key)

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