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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 type of literary device is used throughout the poem entitled "Joy"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Onomatopeia.
(d) Allusion.

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

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

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

5. 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 aura.
(b) His mind.
(c) His passion.
(d) His soul.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The titular character in the poem entitled "Ruby Brown" leaves her job as a maid to take what other position?

3. The poem entitled "A Black Pierrot" uses what literary device in crafting the first line of each stanza?

4. How much money does the subject of the poem "Brass Spittoons" make per day?

5. What advice does the gypsy give to the speaker of the poem entitled "Bad Luck Card"?

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