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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. The speaker of the poem "Negro" states that he has been a singer "all the way from Africa" (5) to where?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Timbuktu.

2. In what position is the subject of the poem "Troubled Woman"?
(a) She is sitting.
(b) She is standing.
(c) She is floating in the air.
(d) She is lying down.

3. The speaker of the poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" suggests that the different countries named in the poem join together to sign what collective name?
(a) Human.
(b) Worker.
(c) Proletarian.
(d) Common man.

4. The poem "Lover's Return" is written from the point of view of what type of person?
(a) A shoeshine boy.
(b) A woman.
(c) A man.
(d) A sailor.

5. What is the main theme of the poem entitled "Still Here"?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Perseverance.
(d) Violence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The final line of the poem "Afro-American Fragment" uses what adjective to describe the face of Africa?

3. What event occurred to stop the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" from running her first business?

4. The poem "Troubled Woman" likens the subject to a flower in what season?

5. The poem entitled "Cross" focuses on the experience of what type of person?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way is irony utilized within the poem entitled "The South"?

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

4. How are sensory details incorporated into the poem "Daybreak in Alabama" and for what purpose?

5. 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?

6. The poem "Madam and Her Madam" utilizes humor in what way?

7. What question lies at the heart of the poem entitled "Ku Klux" and to whom is the question being asked?

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

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

10. In the poem entitled "Widow Woman," how is the technique of hyperbole utilized?

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