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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the dream a cocktail at in "Havana Dreams"?

2. What is Hughes known as being the originator of?

3. What are the waves kissing in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?

4. In the poem "Catch," what is Big Boy carrying on his shoulders?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What exactly is the "amen-corner" mentioned in the poem "Prayer-Meeting"?

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

3. What does the speaker of the poem "End" think about the passageway between states of existence?

4. What do many of the poems in the "Afro-American Fragment" section of "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" have an undercurrent of?

5. What does Hughes write in the introduction before the poem "Sunday Morning Prophecy" begins?

6. Why does the preacher in "Sunday Morning Prophecy" want congregants to give freely into the collection basket?

7. What does the poem "Drum" portray Death's eventuality as?

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

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

10. What simile is used in "Lover's Return"?

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