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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 poem in the collection that focuses on Frederick Douglass has a title listing what years?
(a) 1901-1972.
(b) 1817-1895.
(c) 1834-1876,
(d) 1895-1965.

2. In the poem "To Be Somebody," what object does the "little girl" (92) dream of?
(a) A piano.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A kitten.
(d) An art easel.

3. The speaker of the poem entitled "Advice" says that "dying is" (97) what?
(a) Slow.
(b) Inevitable.
(c) Hard.
(d) Mean.

4. Who pawns the item within the poem entitled "Could Be"?
(a) The speaker's mother.
(b) The speaker's son.
(c) The speaker.
(d) The speaker's ex-lover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem entitled "Prime," how much is a nickel repeatedly said to cost?

2. What is the final verb used in the poem entitled "Question and Answer," when the optimistic speaker within the poem says his final piece?

3. What word is used to describe the boy in the first line of the poem entitled "Junior Addict"?

4. In the poem "To Be Somebody," what object does the "little boy" (92) dream of?

5. The speaker of the poem "Preference" says that he "likes a woman" (95) how many years older than himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purpose does Hughes use allusion within the poem entitled "Projection"?

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

3. To whom is the poem entitled "Late Last Night" addressed?

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

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

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

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

8. Characterize the two speakers within the poem entitled "Question and Answer."

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

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

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