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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. In the poem entitled "Prime," how much is a nickel repeatedly said to cost?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) $5.
(c) 25 cents.
(d) $1.

2. What type of literary device is consistently featured throughout the poem entitled "Georgia Dusk"?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Personification.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Diaspora.

3. What is the final line of the short poem entitled "Dream Dust"?
(a) Not for sale.
(b) Not on your life.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Up for grabs.

4. How many poems within the collection Vintage Hughes include stage directions regarding a particular element of the poem's performance?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

5. The speaker of the poem "Final Curve" declares that "When you turn the corner and run into" (91) what, then you know you have run out of corners to turn?
(a) Yesterday.
(b) The grim reaper.
(c) The face of Jesus.
(d) Yourself.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem entitled "Final Call" suggests that Robin Hood should be called upon to "clinch" (133) what type of campaign?

2. The speaker of the poem entitled "Advice" says that "birthing is" (97) what?

3. The poem in the collection that focuses on Frederick Douglass has a title listing what years?

4. What is the final word included in the poem entitled "Un-American Investigators"?

5. From what type of building would a black Jesus be turned away, according to the speaker of the poem entitled "Bible Belt"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the appearance of the theme of redemption within the poem entitled "Life is Fine."

2. In the poem that begins with three different interjections to do with "sorrow" and "pity" and "pain" (115), what type of eyes is terror said to have?

3. What possibilities does Hughes imagine in relation to a "dream deferred" (108) in perhaps his most famous poem, entitled "Harlem [2]"?

4. In what way is the theme of isolation depicted within the poem entitled "Kid in the Park"?

5. What is the most prominent literary device used within the poem entitled "To Be Somebody"?

6. What is the setting of the poem entitled "Projection"?

7. In what way could the poem "To Artina" be said to display a feminist message?

8. In what way is repetition utilized within the poem entitled "Song for Billie Holiday"?

9. What does the speaker of the poem entitled "Junior Addict" suggest as the solution for the addiction problem in the subject?

10. What state is being described within the poem that contains as its first three lines the words, "Oh, what sorrow!/Oh, what pity!/Oh, what pain" (115)?

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