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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Island [2]" - "Un-American Investigators".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the poems in the Vintage Hughes collection is entitled "A Song....." for whom?
(a) Sarah Bernhardt.
(b) Billie Holiday.
(c) Spike Jones.
(d) Lena Horne.

2. To what personality does the speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" NOT allude within the poem?
(a) W.E.B. DuBois.
(b) Marian Anderson.
(c) Muhammed Ali.
(d) Joe Louis.

3. What type of literary device is used consistently within the first three lines of the poem entitled "Mississippi"?
(a) Interjection.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Understatement.

4. What term is used to describe the people who bury the man at the center of the poem "Dead in There"?
(a) Judges.
(b) Busybodies.
(c) Cats.
(d) Squares.

5. What is the second business that the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" had tried to run?
(a) A barbecue stand.
(b) A bar.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A barber shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker of the poem "Advice" gives the opinion that people should try to do what during their lives?

2. What object is pawned within the poem entitled "Could Be"?

3. In the poem "To Be Somebody," what object does the "little girl" (92) dream of?

4. From what type of building would a black Jesus be turned away, according to the speaker of the poem entitled "Bible Belt"?

5. What is the third word in the poem titled with the words "Where?" and "Which?" in its title as well?

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