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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. How many rooms does the house have that is featured in the poem entitled "Madam and the Rent Man"?
2. The poem "America" focuses on which two marginalized groups?
3. What term does Hughes use to describe the Mexican Market Woman in the first line of the poem of the same title?
4. The poem entitled "Good Morning Revolution" relies upon which literary device throughout the entirety of the poem?
5. The speaker of the poem "Heart of Harlem" describes Harlem as "the kid you hope will grow up" (73) what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Existential viewpoint of the poem entitled "I Dream a World"?
2. In what way is the water motif depicted differently within the poem "The Bitter River" than in many other works within the Vintage Hughes collection?
3. In what way is the water motif included within the very first poem in the collection?
4. In what way is the theme of racially-motivated brutality present within the poem entitled "The Bitter River"?
5. The poem entitled "I, Too" is a response to a poem by what famous American author?
6. In what way is irony utilized within the poem entitled "The South"?
7. How is the theme of family bonds depicted within the poem entitled "Mother to Son"?
8. What types of sensory details are featured within the poem entitled "Graduation," and for what purpose are these details included?
9. In what way are the themes of brutality and oppression intertwined within the poem "Ku Klux"?
10. In what way is the theme of peace depicted in the poem called "Death of an Old Seaman"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the collection and what is Hughes’s message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 2
What is the function of Mrs. Ellsworth’s character within the story entitled "The Blues I’m Playing"? Discuss the characterization methods used by Hughes in depicting Mrs. Ellsworth and include in your discussion the reasons that Hughes portrays Mrs. Ellsworth in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 3
How is the topic of motherhood treated within the collection entitled Vintage Hughes and how does its treatment relate to the collection’s depicted messages?
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