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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hughes known as being the originator of?
(a) Slam poetry.
(b) Modernist poetry.
(c) Jazz poetry.
(d) African American poetry.

2. What are the tambourines being played for in "Tambourines"?
(a) A wedding.
(b) Glory.
(c) A funeral.
(d) Peace.

3. Who sends the speaker a letter in "Personal"?
(a) His wife.
(b) The devil.
(c) God.
(d) His mother.

4. In "Sunday Morning Prophecy," where does the preacher encourage the congregants to give freely?
(a) In the collection basket.
(b) In their communities.
(c) From their kitchens.
(d) In their own homes.

5. Which two countries are mentioned in "Seascape"?
(a) Ireland and England.
(b) Peru and Cuba.
(c) Peru and England.
(d) American and Russia.

6. What "mellows to a golden note" in "Trumpet Player"?
(a) Rage.
(b) Trouble.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Music.

7. Why is the speaker so concerned about her lover in "Lover's Return"?
(a) Because he has suddenly gone blind.
(b) Because he looks so sick.
(c) Because he lost his job.
(d) Because he was in a car accident.

8. Who is the song for in "Genius Child"?
(a) A student.
(b) The genius child himself.
(c) A former professor of the speaker.
(d) The average child.

9. In the poem "Catch," what is Big Boy carrying on his shoulders?
(a) His son.
(b) A mermaid.
(c) A basket of wheat.
(d) The weight of the world.

10. What are the waves cutting the darkness with in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?
(a) The sounds of their crashes.
(b) Their silver shanks.
(c) Thier bioluminescent spheres.
(d) An eerie silence.

11. What did the speaker come home without in "Midnight Raffle"?
(a) A dime.
(b) A job.
(c) A briefcase.
(d) The groceries his wife asked him to buy.

12. In the poem "Spirituals," what strong items does the speaker look to put his hands on?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) The rising shaft of mountains.
(c) The firm roots of trees.
(d) Rocks.

13. What does Big Boy want his woman to share with him in "50-50"?
(a) Her kitchen -- and her garden.
(b) Her bed -- and her money.
(c) Her bed -- and her whole house.
(d) Her house -- and her new car.

14. In the poem "Feet o' Jesus," what does the author want to happen at Jesus's feet?
(a) His crops to sprout.
(b) God to show mercy.
(c) His wife to say yes to his marriage proposal.
(d) God to give him riches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Happiness in "Heaven"?

2. Where did the speaker in "Late Last Night" sit and cry?

3. Where does Hughes get the title "Feet of Jesus" from for that particular section in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?

4. What is all that a snail knows in "Snail"?

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

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