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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the poem entitled "Island [2] Hughes locates Manhattan "between two rivers" and in what direction from "the park?" (112)
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) South.

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

4. What term is used to describe the people who bury the man at the center of the poem "Dead in There"?
(a) Busybodies.
(b) Squares.
(c) Judges.
(d) Cats.

5. What word is spelled out at the end of the poem entitled "Dream Boogie"?
(a) Zoot.
(b) Mama.
(c) Geez.
(d) Yeah.

6. What state is focused upon within the poem that contains as its first three lines, "Oh, what sorrow!/Oh, what pity!/O, what pain" (115)?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Alabama.

7. What name does the census man within the poem "Madam and the Census Man" want to put down in place of the woman's middle initial?
(a) Ell.
(b) Kay.
(c) En.
(d) Em.

8. The speaker of the poem entitled "Advice" says that "birthing is" (97) what?
(a) Quick.
(b) Ancient history.
(c) Long.
(d) Hard.

9. The Black Panther in the poem of the same name is said to "wear no" (141) what?
(a) Disguise.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Smile.
(d) Badge of honor.

10. The speaker of the poem "Preference" says that he "likes a woman" (95) how many years older than himself?
(a) 8 or 10.
(b) 12 or 14.
(c) 6, 8, or 10.
(d) 6 or 10.

11. The poem "Late Last Night" depicts the subject as he sits in what location while he cries over his lost love?
(a) On a motorcycle.
(b) On his roof.
(c) In the bus station.
(d) On stairs.

12. What is the final word included in the poem entitled "Un-American Investigators"?
(a) Manure.
(b) Rubbish.
(c) Shit.
(d) Fertilizer.

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

14. The speaker in the poem entitled "Life is Fine" takes the elevator up how many floors while he is considering suicide?
(a) 6.
(b) 24.
(c) 11.
(d) 16.

15. The trumpet player featured within the poem of the same name has a jacket with a "roll" (82) containing how many buttons?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of figures are NOT included as allusions within the poem entitled "Final Call"?

2. To whom is the poem "Late Last Night" addressed?

3. About which religious figure is the poem entitled "Encounter"?

4. What literary device is NOT used within the poem entitled "To Be Somebody"?

5. In the poem entitled "Prime," how much is a nickel repeatedly said to cost?

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