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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. What is the middle initial of the speaker in the poem "Madam's Past History"?
(a) L.
(b) K.
(c) A.
(d) Y.

2. What type of literary device is consistently featured throughout the poem entitled "Georgia Dusk"?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Diaspora.
(c) Personification.
(d) Hyperbole.

3. What literary technique is used throughout the poem "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Simile.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Irony.

4. How many times does the speaker of "Final Call" invoke the word "Come!" (134) in the poem's final stanza?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

5. The poem "Not What Was" uses what object as a metaphor for life?
(a) A clock.
(b) A key.
(c) A rose.
(d) A birdhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. The subject of the poem entitled "Kid in the Park" is described as what metaphorical punctuation mark at the start of the poem?

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

3. What religious allusion does the poem "To Artina" include?

4. The speaker of the poem "Merry-Go-Round" asks about the whereabouts of what section on the Merry-Go-Round?

5. The poem in the collection that focuses on Frederick Douglass has a title listing what years?

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