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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IX: Magnolia Flowers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major era did Hughes contribute to?
(a) The Novelists' Novelty Time.
(b) The Harlem Renaissance.
(c) The Iron Age.
(d) The Birth of Slam Poetry.

2. What does the speaker in "Little Old Letter" claim pen and paper have the power to do?
(a) Seal a deal.
(b) Guarantee your rights.
(c) Burn up and turn meaningless.
(d) Take a person's life.

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

4. Who selected the poems in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?
(a) His mom.
(b) His editor.
(c) His wife.
(d) Langston Hughes himself.

5. What kind of pain does the woman feel in "Strange Hurt"?
(a) A "silent" pain.
(b) A "queer" pain.
(c) A "heart" pain.
(d) A "Godlike" pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the speaker attempt suicide the second time in "Life Is Fine"?

2. Where does the playboy mentioned in "Gone Boy" NOT go at the end of the poem?

3. Where is Miss Gardner in "Southern Mammy Sings"?

4. What does the speaker say life is as fine as in "Life Is Fine"?

5. What annoying habit of his Baby does the speaker address in "Morning After"?

(see the answer key)

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