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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 speaker of the poem "Final Curve" declares that "When you turn the corner and run into" (91) what, then you know you have run out of corners to turn?

2. Who pawns the item within the poem entitled "Could Be"?

3. A particular speaker within the poem entitled "Junior Addict" comments that "It's easier to get dope than it is to get a" (132) what?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What historical figure is quoted within the poem that includes the lines "Who would be free/Themselves must strike/The first blow" (136)?

3. Discuss one humanist message put forth within the poem entitled "Junior Addict."

4. The poem entitled "Trumpet Player" uses what kind of metaphor to describe the qualities of music?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Discuss the way in which the theme of appearance versus reality appears within the poem entitled "Dinner Guest: Me."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Hughes's messages about guilt and responsibility within the collection Vintage Hughes. Focus especially on events such as Cora’s inability to save Jessie from her hateful and reputation-obsessed mother.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why Hughes instills three different humanist messages into the collection entitled Vintage Hughes.

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