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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. Where does the speaker say Harlem is in "Puzzled"?
2. What does Ruby Brown do for a living by the time the poem of her same name concludes?
3. What is the speaker tired of in "One-Way Ticket"?
4. How many men are helping plan the parade in "Parade"?
5. What does the speaker compare love to in "Lament over Love"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What one notable thing does the poem "Daybreak" address in the "Magnolia Flowers" section that the others do not?
2. How does the speaker compare his relationship with the South and the North in "The South"?
3. What major themes are present in the poems included in "Montage of a Dream Deferred"?
4. What comparison is made in "Me and the Mule"?
5. What is the commonality between all of the poems in "Lament Over Love"?
6. Why do some of the women in the "Lament Over Love" section claim to still participate in bad relationships with men?
7. What does the speaker in "Hard Daddy" want to be an eagle?
8. What does the stereotype of the poem "Uncle Tom" tap into?
9. What is the speaker talking about in "Note on Commercial Theater"?
10. Which famous line of Langston Hughes is in "Harlem"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze 3 ways a poem of your choosing from "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" reflects the themes and styles of the Harlem Renaissance.
Essay Topic 2
In "Widow Woman," Hughes writes from the perspective of a woman. Discuss at least 3 rhetorical devices he uses to come up with a voice that is his own and yet not his own in this particular poem.
Essay Topic 3
In a well-written essay, discuss 1) 3 reasons why it is important to know information about an author when analyzing a literary text and 2) one example for each reason of how knowing about Hughes helps the reader better understand a poem (or part of a poem) of your choosing.
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