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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The poem entitled "Freedom's Plow" repeats several times that it is better to die free than to what?
2. Mary Lulu Jackson is the subject of which poem?
3. The poem "I, Too" is a response to a poem by which famous American poet?
4. What instrument does the subject of the poem "The Weary Blues" play?
5. The speaker of the poem "Negro" states that he has been a singer "all the way from Africa" (5) to where?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theme of family bonds depicted within the poem entitled "Mother to Son"?
2. What types of sensory details are featured within the poem entitled "Graduation," and for what purpose are these details included?
3. In what way are sensory details used within the poem entitled "Harlem Night Song"?
4. How are sensory details incorporated into the poem "Daybreak in Alabama" and for what purpose?
5. In what way is the theme of isolation depicted within the poem entitled "Little Old Letter"?
6. The poem entitled "I, Too" is a response to a poem by what famous American author?
7. How is irony used within the poem entitled "Ballad of the Fortune Teller"?
8. In what way is the theme of peace depicted in the poem called "Death of an Old Seaman"?
9. In the poem entitled "Widow Woman," how is the technique of hyperbole utilized?
10. To what element does Hughes compare the object of a drum in the poem entitled "Drum"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the collection entitled Vintage Hughes from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 2
Determine Hughes’s message regarding the idea that racism acts as a barrier to understanding, to people's physical and emotional well-being, and to opportunity.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss three different poems that utilize the first person point-of-view. What elements of these poems’ themes and messages lend themselves to the choice of a first-person speaker, and what are Hughes’s intended effects on the reader?
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