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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What race was Langston Hughes?
(a) Latino.
(b) African American.
(c) White.
(d) Asian.

3. What color does the speaker in "Wake" tell his mourners to wear?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Pink
(d) White.

4. In "Water-Front Streets," where does the speaker claim to carry "beauties"?
(a) In his photo album.
(b) In his diary.
(c) In his mind and soul.
(d) In his heart and dreams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What inappropriate fashion item do the pimps wear in "What?"

2. In "Angels Wings," what does the speaker say the angel's wings are as white as?

3. What is the Indian merchantman doing in "Seascape"?

4. Who selected the poems in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes"?

5. What kind of cadence is "The Weary Blues" written in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What theme unites the poems in "Distance Nowhere"?

2. What kind of tour does Hughes take the reader on in "Sea and Land"?

3. Why does the speaker want people to wear red in "Wake"?

4. Who is gathered up in the poem "Litany"?

5. What kind of feeling does "Dream Variations" help the "Afro-American Fragment" section conclude with?

6. What are the two characters quarreling about in "Early Evening Quarrel"?

7. What is the Harlem Renaissance known for?

8. For how long does the speaker in "Evil" plan to "keep on at it"?

9. What is the musician singing about in "The Weary Blues"?

10. What advice does the gypsy give the speaker in "Bad Luck Card"?

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