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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. From whose point of view is the poem "Late Last Night" told?
(a) From the jilted male lover's point of view.
(b) From the point of view of God.
(c) From an omniscient narrator's point of view.
(d) From the jilted female lover's point of view.

2. To whom is the poem "Late Last Night" addressed?
(a) To the god of love.
(b) To the speaker's lost lover.
(c) To the reader.
(d) To God.

3. The speaker of the poem "Advice" gives the opinion that people should try to do what during their lives?
(a) Perform an act that brings satisfaction.
(b) Get some money.
(c) Get a little loving.
(d) Pursue a dream.

4. The trumpet player featured within the poem of the same name has a jacket with a "roll" (82) containing how many buttons?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. What religious allusion does the poem "To Artina" include?
(a) Allah.
(b) Moses.
(c) Jesus.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two objects does the personification of war use within the poem entitled "War"?

2. The speaker of the poem "Juke Box Love Song" is addressing a woman who, according to him, is NOT what?

3. About whom is the speaker of the poem "Silent One" speaking?

4. The poem "Not What Was" uses what object as a metaphor for life?

5. The daughter within the poem entitled "Mama and Daughter" is on her way to see whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the main message of the poem entitled "Without Benefit of Declaration"?

4. In what way is the theme of collectivism present within the poem entitled "To You"?

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

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

7. The poem entitled "Trumpet Player" uses what kind of metaphor to describe the qualities of music?

8. 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?

9. What historical figure is quoted within the poem that includes the lines "Who would be free/Themselves must strike/The first blow" (136)?

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

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