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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second business that the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" had tried to run?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A barbecue stand.
(c) A bar.
(d) A barber shop.

2. The poem with a title that includes the words "The Raid" (33) also includes what date?
(a) April 16th.
(b) December 16th.
(c) November 16th.
(d) October 16th.

3. To what personality does the speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" NOT allude within the poem?
(a) W.E.B. DuBois.
(b) Muhammed Ali.
(c) Joe Louis.
(d) Marian Anderson.

4. The poem entitled "A Black Pierrot" uses what literary device in crafting the first line of each stanza?
(a) Personification.
(b) Onomatopeia.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Repetition.

5. What type of technique or device is used in the poem entitled "Comment on War"?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Diaspora.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Alliteration.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rooms does the house have that is featured in the poem entitled "Madam and the Rent Man"?

2. What literary technique is used throughout the poem "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?

3. The poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" relies upon which literary device throughout the entirety of the poem?

4. What two adjectives are part of the poem titled using two words prior to the title's final word, "freedom" (67)?

5. The poem entitled "Love" describes the emotion of love as what kind of a wonder?

Short Essay Questions

1. The poem entitled "I, Too" is a response to a poem by what famous American author?

2. In what way is the theme of isolation depicted within the poem entitled "Little Old Letter"?

3. What action does the speaker of the poem entitled "October 16:The Raid" want the reader to take regarding John Brown?

4. How is irony used within the poem entitled "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?

5. In what way is repetition used within the poem entitled "Brass Spittoons"?

6. With what countries does the speaker of the poem "Good Morning Revolution" ally himself?

7. In what way is the water motif depicted differently within the poem "The Bitter River" than in many other works within the Vintage Hughes collection?

8. In what way does the speaker of the poem "Daybreak in Alabama" want to commemorate the beauty of the titular subject?

9. How is the theme of family bonds depicted within the poem entitled "Mother to Son"?

10. In what way is the theme of peace depicted in the poem called "Death of an Old Seaman"?

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