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

2. What does the speaker claim people do on the sea in "Long Trip"?
(a) Sail and wail.
(b) Swim and float.
(c) Dip and dive.
(d) Flip and fly.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What "mellows to a golden note" in "Trumpet Player"?

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

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

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

5. Who shows the speaker a bad luck card in "Bad Luck Card"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a Black Maria?

3. What is the Harlem Renaissance known for?

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

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

6. What kind of imagery is most prevalent in the poems in the section "Sea and Land"?

7. What exactly is the Black Pierrot mentioned in the poem of the same name?

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

9. What exactly is "jazz style" poetry?

10. What is the poem "Fulfilment" about?

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