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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 word is used to describe the boy in the first line of the poem entitled "Junior Addict"?

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

3. What non-traditional element is included within the poem entitled "Cultural Exchange"?

4. In the poem "To Be Somebody," what object does the "little girl" (92) dream of?

5. How much money does the speaker of the poem "Midnight Raffle" invest in the raffle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Discuss the appearance of the theme of redemption within the poem entitled "Life is Fine."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 3

What is the collection's message concerning the link between hope and progress?

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