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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 religious allusion does the poem "To Artina" include?
(a) Allah.
(b) God.
(c) Moses.
(d) Jesus.
2. The poem in the collection that focuses on Frederick Douglass has a title listing what years?
(a) 1901-1972.
(b) 1895-1965.
(c) 1834-1876,
(d) 1817-1895.
3. How much money does the speaker of the poem "Midnight Raffle" invest in the raffle?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) 25 cents.
(c) 5 cents.
(d) $1.
4. What state is focused upon within the poem that contains as its first three lines, "Oh, what sorrow!/Oh, what pity!/O, what pain" (115)?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Missouri.
5. About whom is the speaker of the poem "Silent One" speaking?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) His daughter.
(c) Her son.
(d) His son.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the final line of the short poem entitled "Dream Dust"?
2. The speaker of the poem entitled "Advice" says that "dying is" (97) what?
3. What word is used to describe the boy in the first line of the poem entitled "Junior Addict"?
4. The poem entitled "To Be Somebody" has a final stanza suggests that "There's always room" (92) in what location?
5. How many times does the speaker of "Final Call" invoke the word "Come!" (134) in the poem's final stanza?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the appearance of the theme of redemption within the poem entitled "Life is Fine."
2. Describe Hughes's use of character foils within the poem entitled "Mama and Daughter."
3. In what way could the poem "To Artina" be said to display a feminist message?
4. Discuss one humanist message put forth within the poem entitled "Junior Addict."
5. What possibilities does Hughes imagine in relation to a "dream deferred" (108) in perhaps his most famous poem, entitled "Harlem [2]"?
6. To whom is the poem entitled "Late Last Night" addressed?
7. What is the Existential viewpoint of the poem entitled "Advice"?
8. For what purpose does Hughes invoke a large number of allusions within the poem entitled "Final Call"?
9. What is the setting of the poem entitled "Projection"?
10. What is the main message of the poem entitled "Without Benefit of Declaration"?
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