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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 musician is NOT alluded to within the poem entitled "Projection"?

2. How many poems within the collection Vintage Hughes include stage directions regarding a particular element of the poem's performance?

3. The woman within the poem "Madam and the Census Man" tells the census man not to write down what title on the census form?

4. The daughter within the poem entitled "Mama and Daughter" is on her way to see whom?

5. What word is spelled out at the end of the poem entitled "Dream Boogie"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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)?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the instances of irony within the collection entitled Vintage Hughes and analyze Hughes's purpose for including each instance you discuss.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Hughes's focus on the theme of brutality in the collection entitled Vintage Hughes. What message is Hughes sending about change and about one other theme of your choice?

Essay Topic 3

What messages does the collection Vintage Hughes send about altruism and what themes does Hughes employ in order to send these messages to the reader?

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