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

2. The speaker of the poem entitled "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" uses a simile to state that what object of his has "grown deep like the rivers" (3)?
(a) His mind.
(b) His aura.
(c) His soul.
(d) His passion.

3. The poem entitled "A Black Pierrot" uses what literary device in crafting the first line of each stanza?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Repetition.
(c) Onomatopeia.
(d) Personification.

4. The speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" describes Harlem as "a tear you turn into a" (73) what?
(a) Suit of armor.
(b) River.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Smile.

5. The speaker of the poem "Negro" states that he has been a singer "all the way from Africa" (5) to where?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Timbuktu.
(d) Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. The second poem within Vintage Hughes focuses on the stories of whom?

2. When the speaker of the poem "Sylvester's Dying Bed" wakes up, by whom is he surrounded?

3. In the poem entitled "Words Like Freedom," what other word in the poem is italicized, besides the word "freedom" (67)?

4. In the poem "Harlem Night Song," the speaker repeats that he wants the listener to perform what action with him?

5. The poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" relies upon which literary device throughout the entirety of the poem?

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