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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. The daughter within the poem entitled "Mama and Daughter" is on her way to see whom?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her aunt.

2. What types of figures are NOT included as allusions within the poem entitled "Final Call"?
(a) Literary characters.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Religious figures.
(d) Musicians.

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

4. The speaker of the poem "Juke Box Love Song" is addressing a woman who, according to him, is NOT what?
(a) Sweet.
(b) Brown.
(c) From Harlem.
(d) Joyful.

5. The poem entitled "To Be Somebody" has a final stanza suggests that "There's always room" (92) in what location?
(a) In Hell.
(b) In Heaven.
(c) At the bottom.
(d) At the top.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into how many pieces is the subject of the poem's heart broken in the poem entitled "Late Last Night"?

2. The woman within the poem "Madam and the Census Man" tells the census man not to write down what title on the census form?

3. What non-traditional element is included within the poem entitled "Cultural Exchange"?

4. What religious allusion does the poem "To Artina" include?

5. From whose point of view is the poem "Late Last Night" told?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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)?

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

3. Discuss two examples of personification within the poem entitled "Georgia Dusk."

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

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

6. For what purpose does Hughes invoke a large number of allusions within the poem entitled "Final Call"?

7. Discuss the way in which the theme of appearance versus reality appears within the poem entitled "Dinner Guest: Me."

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

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

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

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