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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. The speaker of the poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" suggests that the different countries named in the poem join together to sign what collective name?
(a) Common man.
(b) Worker.
(c) Proletarian.
(d) Human.

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

3. 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.

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

5. What type of crop is being harvested in the poem entitled "Share-Croppers"?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Corn.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Wheat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "Troubled Woman" likens the subject to a flower in what season?

2. The poem entitled "Cross" focuses on the experience of what type of person?

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

4. 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)?

5. What type of literary device is used throughout the poem entitled "Joy"?

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