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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "In Time of Silver Rain" - "Fulfillment".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The second poem within Vintage Hughes focuses on the stories of whom?
(a) Uncle Mike.
(b) Cousin Tom.
(c) Grandpa Joel.
(d) Aunt Sue.

2. The poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" relies upon which literary device throughout the entirety of the poem?
(a) Onomatopeia.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Understatement.

3. The poem entitled "Snail" states that the snail knows two things. What are they?
(a) Sun and rain.
(b) Sky and sand.
(c) Roses and grass.
(d) Weather and roses.

4. The poem entitled "Cross" focuses on the experience of what type of person?
(a) Biracial.
(b) Developmentally disabled.
(c) Enslaved.
(d) Religious.

5. The poem entitled "Share-Croppers" has stanzas that contain how many lines within each?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a type of textual inclusion used within the lengthy poem entitled "Let America Be America Again"?

2. Mary Lulu Jackson is the subject of which poem?

3. What literary technique is used throughout the poem "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?

4. The poem entitled "Share-Croppers" contains how many stanzas?

5. What term does Hughes use to describe the Mexican Market Woman in the first line of the poem of the same title?

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