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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 kind of job does Mary Lulu Jackson tell her mother she would like to have?
(a) A bookseller.
(b) A milliner.
(c) A typist.
(d) A nurse.

2. What event occurred to stop the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" from running her first business?
(a) The Depression.
(b) World War I.
(c) Prohibition.
(d) World War II.

3. In the poem "Midnight Dancer," Hughes uses what object to act as a simile involving breasts?
(a) Aquamarines.
(b) Cups of black coffee.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Pillows.

4. The speaker of the poem "Merry-Go-Round" asks about the whereabouts of what section on the Merry-Go-Round?
(a) The children's section.
(b) The colored section.
(c) The Jim Crow section.
(d) The dragon section.

5. What country is NOT mentioned within the poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution"?
(a) China.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Poland.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the fortune teller's lover in the poem entitled "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?

2. How much money does the subject of the poem "Brass Spittoons" make per day?

3. The speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" describes Harlem as "the kid you hope will grow up" (73) what?

4. In the poem "I Dream a World," to what object does the speaker compare joy by using a simile?

5. To what personality does the speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" NOT allude within the poem?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what way is the theme of racially-motivated brutality present within the poem entitled "The Bitter River"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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