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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" - "Let America Be America Again".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does the gypsy give to the speaker of the poem entitled "Bad Luck Card"?
(a) To place a knife underneath his bed.
(b) To find a lover.
(c) To pray.
(d) To commit suicide.

2. In what position is the subject of the poem "Troubled Woman"?
(a) She is sitting.
(b) She is floating in the air.
(c) She is lying down.
(d) She is standing.

3. The final line of the poem "Afro-American Fragment" uses what adjective to describe the face of Africa?
(a) Wise.
(b) Wide.
(c) Noble.
(d) Dark.

4. In the poem "Midnight Dancer," Hughes uses what object to act as a simile involving breasts?
(a) Pillows.
(b) Aquamarines.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Cups of black coffee.

5. When the speaker of the poem "Sylvester's Dying Bed" wakes up, by whom is he surrounded?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Women from the town.
(c) Lovers.
(d) Family members.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What instrument does the subject of the poem "The Weary Blues" play?

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

4. The speaker of the poem entitled "The South" says that the South smells of what scent?

5. The poem "I, Too" is a response to a poem by which famous American poet?

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