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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 much money does the speaker of the poem "Midnight Raffle" invest in the raffle?
2. The poem in the collection that focuses on Frederick Douglass has a title listing what years?
3. In the poem "To Be Somebody," what object does the "little boy" (92) dream of?
4. 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?
5. What type of literary device is consistently featured throughout the poem entitled "Georgia Dusk"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way could the poem "To Artina" be said to display a feminist message?
2. In what way does the poem entitled Madam and the Census Man" display the theme of pride in identity?
3. What is the most prominent literary device used within the poem entitled "To Be Somebody"?
4. The poem entitled "Trumpet Player" uses what kind of metaphor to describe the qualities of music?
5. What is the setting of the poem entitled "Projection"?
6. Describe Hughes's use of character foils within the poem entitled "Mama and Daughter."
7. What historical figure is quoted within the poem that includes the lines "Who would be free/Themselves must strike/The first blow" (136)?
8. In what way is the theme of collectivism present within the poem entitled "To You"?
9. Characterize the two speakers within the poem entitled "Question and Answer."
10. What is the main message of the poem entitled "Without Benefit of Declaration"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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