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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Happiness in "Heaven"?
(a) None of these answers is correct.
(b) Both of these answers are correct.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Everywhere.

3. What is Big Boy going to do with the object on his shoulders in "Catch"?
(a) Drop him off at school.
(b) Sell it at the market.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Leave it at God's doorstep.

4. Who shows the speaker a bad luck card in "Bad Luck Card"?
(a) A random person on the street.
(b) A priest.
(c) A relative.
(d) A gypsy.

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

6. What annoying habit of his Baby does the speaker address in "Morning After"?
(a) Leaving dishes out all the time.
(b) Drooling.
(c) Sneezing.
(d) Snoring.

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

8. What does the speaker see in "Seascape"?
(a) "A line of fishing ships."
(b) "The faces of children, dreaming of sweets."
(c) "My own future, going down with the ship."
(d) "A row of soldiers on the shore."

9. Where does the playboy mentioned in "Gone Boy" NOT go at the end of the poem?
(a) His parents' house.
(b) Work.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) Home.

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

11. What does the trumpet player have beneath his eyes in "Trumpet Player"?
(a) "Dark moons of weariness."
(b) "The guilt of sins from yesterday."
(c) "The glow of a man on fire inside."
(d) "The shining light of an angel."

12. What is one common theme in the poems presented in the "Feet o' Jesus" section of "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?
(a) Money.
(b) New York City.
(c) Religion.
(d) Fame.

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

14. What language, other than English, is used in the poem "Havana Dreams"?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) Russian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Creole.

15. What is the title of the poem about John Brown in the "Afro-American Fragments" section?
(a) John Brown.
(b) Brown John.
(c) Mississippi Burning.
(d) October 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the speaker's lover in "Lover's Return" come home to do?

2. What do the blues prevent the speaker from doing in "Miss Blues'es Child"?

3. How does the speaker specifically describe the tulips in "Garden"?

4. Which two countries are mentioned in "Seascape"?

5. What color does the speaker in "Wake" tell his mourners to wear?

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