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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XIII: Words Like Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the word "tom-toms" refer to in "Danse Africaine"?
(a) Fruits.
(b) Drawings.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Drums.

3. Where is Miss Gardner in "Southern Mammy Sings"?
(a) In her yard.
(b) At mass.
(c) At a funeral.
(d) In her garden.

4. What will cause others to feel ashamed in "I, Too"?
(a) When they see how cruelly they have treated everyone else.
(b) When they see how much money the speaker has.
(c) When they see how beautiful the speaker is.
(d) When they see how much food they have wasted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What race was Langston Hughes?

2. How does the speaker first attempt suicide in "Life Is Fine"?

3. What inanimate object speaks in "Heaven"?

4. What does the woman's pain tell her to do in "Strange Hurt"?

5. What does Big Boy want his woman to share with him in "50-50"?

(see the answer key)

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