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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What women are surrounding the speaker in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"?
(a) "Mother Mary, sweet angel of mine."
(b) "The two best women I ever did meet."
(c) "My mama and wife, lights of my life."
(d) "All the womens in the town."

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

3. When did Langston Hughes live?
(a) 1935 - 1998.
(b) 1960 - 2003.
(c) 1902 - 1964.
(d) 1802 - 1864.

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

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

6. Who is playing music in "The Weary Blues"?
(a) A white woman.
(b) A black man.
(c) A white man.
(d) A black woman.

7. Where does the speaker find himself after dying in the poem "Judgment Day"?
(a) With God.
(b) In Hell.
(c) Back in Atlanta.
(d) Back in his childhood bedroom.

8. What does the woman's pain tell her to do in "Strange Hurt"?
(a) "Walk through the fire / To better know the rain."
(b) "Go outside / To understand your inner turmoil."
(c) "You'll find rain better / Than shelter from the rain."
(d) "Bathe in the river / As those before you have done."

9. Who is listening to the stories Aunt Sue tells in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?
(a) A "brown-faced child."
(b) Her husband.
(c) No one, which is why the poem is so sad.
(d) The entire neighborhood.

10. Where does Hughes get the title "Feet of Jesus" from for that particular section in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?
(a) His favorite Jazz song.
(b) His mother's favorite phrases.
(c) A poem of the same name.
(d) A popular TV show of the time.

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

12. What kind of cadence is "The Weary Blues" written in?
(a) The cadence of a sermon.
(b) The cadence of classical music.
(c) The cadence of rap music.
(d) The cadence of a blues song.

13. When the speaker asks his lover if she understands him in "Maybe," what does she say?
(a) Neither of these answers is correct.
(b) That she thought she would.
(c) Both of these answers are correct.
(d) That she didn't.

14. What is the Indian merchantman doing in "Seascape"?
(a) Coming home.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Going out to sea.
(d) Being buried.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the speaker's lover also pawn when he/she pawned the speaker's watch?

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

3. What is "Prayer Meeting" an example of?

4. What country is NOT mentioned in any of the poems in "Sea and Land"?

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

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