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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a type of weather featured in the poem entitled "Still Here"?
(a) Sun.
(b) Snow.
(c) Wind.
(d) Hail.

2. What country is NOT mentioned within the poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution"?
(a) Poland.
(b) Africa.
(c) Cuba.
(d) China.

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

4. What advice does the gypsy give to the speaker of the poem entitled "Bad Luck Card"?
(a) To pray.
(b) To place a knife underneath his bed.
(c) To commit suicide.
(d) To find a lover.

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

6. The speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" describes Harlem as "a tear you turn into a" (73) what?
(a) Smile.
(b) Suit of armor.
(c) River.
(d) Ocean.

7. The poem entitled "Share-Croppers" has stanzas that contain how many lines within each?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

8. In what position is the subject of the poem "Troubled Woman"?
(a) She is standing.
(b) She is lying down.
(c) She is sitting.
(d) She is floating in the air.

9. The poem "I, Too" is a response to a poem by which famous American poet?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) e.e. cummings.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) William Carlos Williams.

10. In the poem "Midnight Dancer," Hughes uses what object to act as a simile involving breasts?
(a) Pillows.
(b) Aquamarines.
(c) Cups of black coffee.
(d) Clouds.

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

12. What event occurred to stop the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" from running her first business?
(a) World War I.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Depression.

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

14. The speaker of the poem "Negro" states that he has been a singer "all the way from Africa" (5) to where?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Timbuktu.
(d) Alabama.

15. The speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" describes Harlem as "the kid you hope will grow up" (73) what?
(a) Willful.
(b) Proud.
(c) Strong.
(d) Nice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does the subject of the poem "The Weary Blues" play?

2. In the poem entitled "Words Like Freedom," what other word in the poem is italicized, besides the word "freedom" (67)?

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

4. What kind of job does Mary Lulu Jackson tell her mother she would like to have?

5. What is the middle initial of the speaker in the poem "Madam's Past History"?

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