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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. The poem "Troubled Woman" likens the subject to a flower in what season?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

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

3. 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.

4. What type of literary device is used consistently within the first three lines of the poem entitled "Mississippi"?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Interjection.

5. One of the poems in the Vintage Hughes collection is entitled "A Song....." for whom?
(a) Sarah Bernhardt.
(b) Lena Horne.
(c) Billie Holiday.
(d) Spike Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. The final line of the poem "Afro-American Fragment" uses what adjective to describe the face of Africa?

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

3. What is the third word in the poem titled with the words "Where?" and "Which?" in its title as well?

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

5. What two objects does the personification of war use within the poem entitled "War"?

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