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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Island [2]" - "Un-American Investigators".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what side does the speaker of "Midnight Raffle" say his bread is buttered by the end of the poem?
(a) The right side.
(b) Both sides.
(c) Neither side.
(d) The wrong side.

2. What are the four stanza titles within the poem "A House in Taos"?
(a) Rain, sleet, moon, and wind.
(b) Rain, hail, moon, and wind.
(c) Rain, sun, moon, and wind.
(d) Rain, snow, moon, and wind.

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

4. 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) Proletarian.
(b) Worker.
(c) Common man.
(d) Human.

5. What type of funeral lies at the center of the poem entitled "Dead in There"?
(a) An illegal funeral.
(b) A night funeral.
(c) A Catholic funeral.
(d) A morning funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many poems within the collection Vintage Hughes include stage directions regarding a particular element of the poem's performance?

2. What element is said to be useless to "one who will not live" (132) within the poem "Junior Addict"?

3. In the poem "To Be Somebody," what object does the "little girl" (92) dream of?

4. How many times does the speaker of "Final Call" invoke the word "Come!" (134) in the poem's final stanza?

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

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