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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 is the Indian merchantman doing in "Seascape"?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Coming home.
(c) Going out to sea.
(d) Being buried.

2. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," where does the speaker say he has been over time?
(a) The Congo.
(b) The Nile.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) The Euphrates.

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

4. What kind of music are tambourines often used in?
(a) Traditional Chinese music.
(b) Gospel music.
(c) Irish music.
(d) Classical music.

5. How does the speaker describe the trumpet player's music in "Trumpet Player"?
(a) Like "mother's voice / Through the darkest of nights."
(b) Like "angel's voice / Filled with sorrow."
(c) Like "honey / Mixed with liquid fire."
(d) Like "a sick cat / Crying for the final dawn."

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Fire," who does the author say he has had more women than?

2. What nickname does Sylvester give himself in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?

3. What major era did Hughes contribute to?

4. What country is NOT mentioned in any of the poems in "Sea and Land"?

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

(see the answer key)

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