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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. Mary Lulu Jackson is the subject of which poem?
(a) Harlem [2].
(b) Graduation.
(c) I, Too.
(d) The Negro Speaks of Rivers.
2. How old were the two boys to whom the poem "The Bitter River" is dedicated?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 17.
3. What is written on the back of the letter featured within the poem entitled "Little Old Letter"?
(a) The speaker's name.
(b) The name of the speaker's lover.
(c) The word goodbye.
(d) Nothing.
4. To what personality does the speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" NOT allude within the poem?
(a) Joe Louis.
(b) Muhammed Ali.
(c) Marian Anderson.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.
5. The titular character in the poem entitled "Ruby Brown" leaves her job as a maid to take what other position?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A laundress.
(c) A waitress.
(d) An actress.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the poem "I Dream a World," to what object does the speaker compare joy by using a simile?
2. What is the middle initial of the speaker in the poem "Madam's Past History"?
3. What is the second business that the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" had tried to run?
4. The second poem within Vintage Hughes focuses on the stories of whom?
5. What tool does John Henry hold in his hand within the poem entitled "Love"?
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. How are sensory details incorporated into the poem "Daybreak in Alabama" and for what purpose?
3. In what way are the themes of brutality and oppression intertwined within the poem "Ku Klux"?
4. In what way is irony utilized within the poem entitled "The South"?
5. Which two marginalized groups are focused upon within the poem "America"?
6. What is the main literary device Hughes uses within the poem entitled "Joy"?
7. What question lies at the heart of the poem entitled "Ku Klux" and to whom is the question being asked?
8. In the poem entitled "Widow Woman," how is the technique of hyperbole utilized?
9. The poem entitled "I, Too" is a response to a poem by what famous American author?
10. In what way is the theme of isolation depicted within the poem entitled "Little Old Letter"?
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