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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. What does the little boy use as a toy in "Madam and the Charity Child"?
(a) The trash can.
(b) Rocks.
(c) A switch-blade.
(d) Dolls.

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

3. When does the musician finally stop playing in "The Weary Blues"?
(a) When daybreak comes.
(b) When the bar closes.
(c) When he collapses.
(d) When the church service is over.

4. What is the name of the character in "Graduation"?
(a) Jackson Barton.
(b) Mary Lulu Jackson.
(c) Jackson Bartlet.
(d) Mary Beth Wilson.

5. What did the speaker's lover also pawn when he/she pawned the speaker's watch?
(a) Heart.
(b) Sanity.
(c) Brain.
(d) Youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major era did Hughes contribute to?

2. What does the title "Litany" refer to?

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

4. What does the Gypsy need in her hand in "Ballad of the Gypsy" before she reads the speaker's fortune?

5. What is Hughes known as being the originator of?

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