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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XI: Madam to You.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the speaker stuck between in "Border Line"?
(a) His wife's house and his girlfriend's house.
(b) A rock and a hard place.
(c) Living and dying.
(d) Harlem and Queens.

3. Which of the following is NOT listed as a job Madam has to do in "Madam and Her Madam"?
(a) Cook.
(b) Do the laundry.
(c) Take care of the children.
(d) Fetch the groceries.

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

5. What does the speaker in "Down and Out" want from her lover?
(a) Money.
(b) New shoes.
(c) A new car.
(d) Kisses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What inanimate object speaks in "Heaven"?

3. What supernatural figure appears in the poem "Sunday Morning Prophecy"?

4. What kind of cadence is "The Weary Blues" written in?

5. Where is Happiness in "Heaven"?

(see the answer key)

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