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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 NOT a theme depicted in the poem entitled "Freedom's Plow"?
(a) Community.
(b) Freedom.
(c) American innovation.
(d) Deception.

2. The poem entitled "Freedom's Plow" repeats several times that it is better to die free than to what?
(a) Live as a slave.
(b) Live in the South.
(c) Be thrown into jail.
(d) Lie incessantly.

3. What religious allusion does the poem "To Artina" include?
(a) God.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Allah.
(d) Moses.

4. The speaker of the poem entitled "Advice" says that "dying is" (97) what?
(a) Hard.
(b) Slow.
(c) Mean.
(d) Inevitable.

5. The speaker of the poem entitled "To Artina" does NOT say that he will take what object from Artina?
(a) Her lips.
(b) Her soul.
(c) Her money.
(d) Her heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. The second poem within Vintage Hughes focuses on the stories of whom?

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

3. What is the main theme of the poem entitled "Still Here"?

4. What is the second business that the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" had tried to run?

5. For what reason does the speaker of the poem "Madam and the Rent Man" refuse to pay rent?

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