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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 instrument does the subject of the poem "The Weary Blues" play?
(a) Piano.
(b) Violin.
(c) Bass.
(d) Drums.
2. How old were the two boys to whom the poem "The Bitter River" is dedicated?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.
3. In the poem entitled "Words Like Freedom," what other word in the poem is italicized, besides the word "freedom" (67)?
(a) Justice.
(b) Solvency.
(c) Pride.
(d) Liberty.
4. The speaker of the poem entitled "The South" says that the South smells of what scent?
(a) Gumbo.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Magnolias.
(d) Clean laundry.
5. What phrase is repeated three times in the poem entitled "In Time of Silver Rain"?
(a) With me.
(b) My love.
(c) For you.
(d) Of life.
Short Answer Questions
1. The poem with a title that includes the words "The Raid" (33) also includes what date?
2. What literary technique is used throughout the poem "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?
3. What is NOT a theme depicted in the poem entitled "Freedom's Plow"?
4. What is the second business that the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" had tried to run?
5. From what object were the two boys hung to whom the poem "The Bitter River" is dedicated?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the main literary device Hughes uses within the poem entitled "Joy"?
2. What is the Existential viewpoint of the poem entitled "I Dream a World"?
3. In what way are the themes of brutality and oppression intertwined within the poem "Ku Klux"?
4. In what way is the theme of peace depicted in the poem called "Death of an Old Seaman"?
5. What types of sensory details are featured within the poem entitled "Graduation," and for what purpose are these details included?
6. In what way is the theme of racially-motivated brutality present within the poem entitled "The Bitter River"?
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 water motif depicted differently within the poem "The Bitter River" than in many other works within the Vintage Hughes collection?
9. Which two marginalized groups are focused upon within the poem "America"?
10. In what way is irony utilized within the poem entitled "The South"?
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