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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 poem "Lover's Return" is written from the point of view of what type of person?
(a) A shoeshine boy.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A woman.
(d) A man.

2. What adjective is used to describe the place to which the Ku Klux Klan members take the speaker of the poem entitled "Ku Klux"?
(a) Dark.
(b) Bereft.
(c) Lonesome.
(d) Crowded.

3. About what type of violence does the poem entitled "Who but the Lord" revolve?
(a) Domestic violence.
(b) Military operations.
(c) Schoolyard bullying.
(d) Police brutality.

4. What type of technique or device is used in the poem entitled "Comment on War"?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Diaspora.
(d) Alliteration.

5. The titular character in the poem entitled "Ruby Brown" leaves her job as a maid to take what other position?
(a) A laundress.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) An actress.
(d) A waitress.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The speaker of the poem "Negro" states that he has been a singer "all the way from Africa" (5) to where?

3. An allusion to which famous person is NOT included within the poem entitled "Scottsboro"?

4. To what personality does the speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" NOT allude within the poem?

5. What kind of job does Mary Lulu Jackson tell her mother she would like to have?

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