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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what side does the speaker of "Midnight Raffle" say his bread is buttered by the end of the poem?
(a) Neither side.
(b) The wrong side.
(c) Both sides.
(d) The right side.

2. How many times does the speaker of "Final Call" invoke the word "Come!" (134) in the poem's final stanza?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

3. What is the first allusion included within the poem "Final Call"?
(a) Robespierre.
(b) Jesus.
(c) The Pied Piper.
(d) King Arthur.

4. The poem entitled "Final Call" suggests that Robin Hood should be called upon to "clinch" (133) what type of campaign?
(a) The campaign against prejudice.
(b) The anti-poverty campaign.
(c) The campaign for legal justice.
(d) The campaign for a better American government.

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

6. How many poems within the collection Vintage Hughes include stage directions regarding a particular element of the poem's performance?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

7. The trumpet player featured within the poem of the same name is said to play music that "is honey mixed with" (82) what?
(a) Milk.
(b) Liquid fire.
(c) A dash of jazz.
(d) Loss.

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

9. A particular speaker within the poem entitled "Junior Addict" comments that "It's easier to get dope than it is to get a" (132) what?
(a) A bride.
(b) A job.
(c) A wife.
(d) A cup of coffee.

10. What is the middle initial of the woman at the center of the poem "Madam and the Census Man"?
(a) N.
(b) M.
(c) L.
(d) K.

11. Into how many pieces is the subject of the poem's heart broken in the poem entitled "Late Last Night"?
(a) 2.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What non-traditional element is included within the poem entitled "Cultural Exchange"?

2. What is the final line of the short poem entitled "Dream Dust"?

3. What types of trees are featured in the ending of the poem entitled "Birmingham Sunday"?

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

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

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