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

2. Where is the dream a cocktail at in "Havana Dreams"?
(a) No one knows.
(b) Bros'.
(c) Moe's.
(d) Sloppy Joe's.

3. What is one way Sylvester knows he is dying in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) He saw it earlier in a dream.
(b) He hears Jesus talking to him.
(c) He sees the River Jordan.
(d) He doesn't feel any more pain.

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

5. Why is the speaker fired from his job in "Fired"?
(a) Because he was ineffective at his job.
(b) Because he stole from the company.
(c) Because he got in a fight with a coworker.
(d) Because he was late again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say is a strong thing in "Spirituals"?

2. What does the speaker comment about one's sweetheart in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?

3. What is the speaker tired of in "One-Way Ticket"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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