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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. How old were the two boys to whom the poem "The Bitter River" is dedicated?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.
2. The poem entitled "A Black Pierrot" uses what literary device in crafting the first line of each stanza?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Repetition.
(c) Onomatopeia.
(d) Personification.
3. What tool does John Henry hold in his hand within the poem entitled "Love"?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A scythe.
(c) A hoe.
(d) An awl.
4. The poem entitled "Snail" states that the snail knows two things. What are they?
(a) Sky and sand.
(b) Sun and rain.
(c) Roses and grass.
(d) Weather and roses.
5. What kind of job does Mary Lulu Jackson tell her mother she would like to have?
(a) A typist.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A bookseller.
(d) A milliner.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what position is the subject of the poem "Troubled Woman"?
2. The poem "Daybreak in Alabama" features a speaker who hopes to one day be what?
3. The speaker of the poem "The South" says at the end of the poem that he will soon seek the North, for he has heard it said that the North is what?
4. The poem entitled "Love" describes the emotion of love as what kind of a wonder?
5. The poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" relies upon which literary device throughout the entirety of the poem?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In what way are the themes of brutality and oppression intertwined within the poem "Ku Klux"?
3. The poem entitled "I, Too" is a response to a poem by what famous American author?
4. In the poem entitled "Widow Woman," how is the technique of hyperbole utilized?
5. How is the theme of family bonds depicted within the poem entitled "Mother to Son"?
6. How is irony used within the poem entitled "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?
7. In what way are sensory details used within the poem entitled "Harlem Night Song"?
8. What is the Existential viewpoint of the poem entitled "I Dream a World"?
9. With what countries does the speaker of the poem "Good Morning Revolution" ally himself?
10. In what way is irony utilized within the poem entitled "The South"?
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