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

2. What type of funeral lies at the center of the poem entitled "Dead in There"?

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

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

5. The speaker of the poem "Juke Box Love Song" is addressing a woman who, according to him, is NOT what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the Existential viewpoint of the poem entitled "Advice"?

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

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 is the theme of isolation depicted within the poem entitled "Kid in the Park"?

8. In the poem that begins with three different interjections to do with "sorrow" and "pity" and "pain" (115), what type of eyes is terror said to have?

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]"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by Hughes in order to create vivid pictures and feelings for the reader. Choose three moments in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author within the collection Vintage Hughes serve Hughes’s purpose.

Essay Topic 2

Look carefully at the passages and poems within the collection that demonstrate the damaging nature of the exoticism of black people within America. What is the author's purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between racism and the exoticism of African-Americans within society?

Essay Topic 3

Write a critical essay about the collection Vintage Hughes while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the collection’s treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the collection.

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