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

2. What two objects does the personification of war use within the poem entitled "War"?
(a) A fork and a knife.
(b) A broom and a mop.
(c) A mirror and a torch.
(d) A pen and a tablet.

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

4. The trumpet player featured within the poem of the same name is said to play music that "is honey mixed with" (82) what?
(a) A dash of jazz.
(b) Loss.
(c) Milk.
(d) Liquid fire.

5. What type of literary device is used consistently within the first three lines of the poem entitled "Mississippi"?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Interjection.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Understatement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the middle initial of the woman at the center of the poem "Madam and the Census Man"?

2. The speaker of the poem "Advice" gives the opinion that people should try to do what during their lives?

3. What term is used to describe the people who bury the man at the center of the poem "Dead in There"?

4. What types of figures are NOT included as allusions within the poem entitled "Final Call"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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)?

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

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

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

7. In what way does the poem entitled Madam and the Census Man" display the theme of pride in identity?

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

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

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

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