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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does Kid Sleep say he doesn't care about/doesn't want to do in "Kid Sleepy"?

2. What does the little boy use as a toy in "Madam and the Charity Child"?

3. What question does the number runner ask Madam in "Madam and the Number Writer"?

4. How does the speaker first attempt suicide in "Life Is Fine"?

5. How many women are helping plan the parade in "Parade"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Madam prefer to handle her suitors?

2. How do the poems in "Life Is Fine" treat life's trials and tribulations?

3. What is the speaker talking about in "Note on Commercial Theater"?

4. What do both "Still Here" and "Me and the Mule" celebrate?

5. What major themes are present in the poems included in "Montage of a Dream Deferred"?

6. Why does the speaker in "Third Degree" confess to police?

7. What are three sub-themes that appear in "Note on Commercial Theater"?

8. Why do some of the women in the "Lament Over Love" section claim to still participate in bad relationships with men?

9. What one notable thing does the poem "Daybreak" address in the "Magnolia Flowers" section that the others do not?

10. What comparison is made in "Me and the Mule"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Find three examples of personification in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" and discuss how and why Hughes uses each in the manner that he does.

Essay Topic 2

What message is Hughes trying to convey to the reader in "Genius Child" and what impact is Hughes creating (with the reader) to accompany his intended message? Additionally, list at least 2 literary devices Hughes uses in this poem to convey his meaning.

Essay Topic 3

Choose 2 poems in one section of "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" and compare and contrast the imagery in each.

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