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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About whom is the speaker of the poem "Silent One" speaking?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) His son.
(c) His daughter.
(d) Her son.

2. What word is used to describe the boy in the first line of the poem entitled "Junior Addict"?
(a) Little.
(b) Poor.
(c) Piteous.
(d) Ill.

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

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

5. To whom is the poem "Late Last Night" addressed?
(a) To the speaker's lost lover.
(b) To God.
(c) To the reader.
(d) To the god of love.

6. The speaker of the poem "Juke Box Love Song" states that he will "make a crown" (95) using what materials?
(a) Saxophone notes.
(b) Thistles.
(c) Neon lights.
(d) Boogie woogie beats.

7. The poem "Dream Boogie" includes what salutation at its beginning?
(a) Good morning.
(b) Hello.
(c) Bonsoir.
(d) Good evening.

8. In the poem entitled "Prime," how much is a nickel repeatedly said to cost?
(a) 25 cents.
(b) $1.
(c) $5.
(d) 10 cents.

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

10. The mother character in the poem entitled "Without Benefit of Declaration" receives what object in lieu of her son?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A needle.
(c) A medal.
(d) A necklace.

11. The poem entitled "To Be Somebody" has a final stanza suggests that "There's always room" (92) in what location?
(a) In Heaven.
(b) At the top.
(c) At the bottom.
(d) In Hell.

12. What musician is NOT alluded to within the poem entitled "Projection"?
(a) Billie Holiday.
(b) Dizzy Gillespie.
(c) Sammy Davis.
(d) Jackie Mabley.

13. From whose point of view is the poem "Late Last Night" told?
(a) From an omniscient narrator's point of view.
(b) From the point of view of God.
(c) From the jilted female lover's point of view.
(d) From the jilted male lover's point of view.

14. The speaker of the poem "Final Curve" declares that "When you turn the corner and run into" (91) what, then you know you have run out of corners to turn?
(a) The face of Jesus.
(b) The grim reaper.
(c) Yourself.
(d) Yesterday.

15. The subject of the poem entitled "Kid in the Park" is described as what metaphorical punctuation mark at the start of the poem?
(a) A dash.
(b) A semicolon.
(c) A question mark.
(d) A period.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pawns the item within the poem entitled "Could Be"?

2. What type of literary device is consistently featured throughout the poem entitled "Georgia Dusk"?

3. In the poem "To Be Somebody," what object does the "little boy" (92) dream of?

4. In what setting does the beginning of the poem "Life is Fine" take place?

5. The speaker of the poem entitled "To Artina" does NOT say that he will take what object from Artina?

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