This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Langston Hughes > Langston Hughes – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Langston Hughes Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following sentences from paragraph 8 is an example of Metaphor? A) "You are freedom's swift-winged angels, that fly round the world.". B) "You are loosened from your moorings, and are free; I am fast in my chains, and am a slave!'. C) "Is there any God? Why am I a slave?". D) "O that I were free! O, that I were on one of your gallant decks, and under your protecting wing!". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "You are freedom's swift-winged angels, that fly round the world.". 2. Which sentence from the story best represents the message from the speaker of the poem A) G. B) F. C) J. D) H. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) H. 3. Which type of figurative language is used in the line below:"Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly." A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Rhyme. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 4. Which idea does the theme of "Thank you, Ma'am" deal with? A) The value of the dollar. B) The value of hard work. C) The value of city life. D) The value of kindness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The value of kindness. 5. To calm or send to sleep. A) Whisper. B) Lulled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lulled. 6. Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences A) Renaissance. B) Segregation. C) Acclaim. D) Defer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Segregation. 7. What action begins our story? A) A boy tries to steal a lady's purse. B) A lady runs to catch her bus. C) A boy tries to sell some newspapers. D) A dog runs into the middle of the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A boy tries to steal a lady's purse. 8. The repetition of "Two roads diverged" emphasizes the idea that A) The speaker is going on a trip. B) The speaker enjoys walking. C) The speaker is trying to make a choice. D) The speaker wants to drive on a road. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speaker is trying to make a choice. 9. What does the setting of 'Berry' symbolize? A) Industrial cityscape. B) Chaotic and bustling urban environment. C) Barren and desolate wasteland. D) Idyllic and peaceful countryside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idyllic and peaceful countryside. 10. A story that is meant to be performed in front of an audience is called a ..... ? A) Act. B) Theatre. C) Scene. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drama. 11. This is the mian theme of "Dreams" by Langston Hughes. A) Life goes on. B) What is love?. C) Carry on wayward son. D) Not giving up on the things in life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not giving up on the things in life. 12. When was Langston Hughes's Mother to Son poem written? A) 1900. B) 1983. C) 1873. D) 1922. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1922. 13. Which word means "good enough to make someone comfortable" ? A) Decent. B) Pleading. C) Concerned. D) Tensely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decent. 14. Why is the poem Harlem significant to the black community? A) It represented the migration of black Americans to Harlem and the success of their dreams after the Civil War. B) It represented the black view of life in the late 1800s and the postponement of their dreams. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It represented the black view of life in the late 1800s and the postponement of their dreams. 15. Read carefully the following sentence. Then select the best answer. What is the text focus? A) Poet's message. B) Graphs. C) Text focus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poet's message. 16. Langston liked racism, prejudice, and injustice. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. The money I earn for doing chores around the house has been ..... so far. I am worried about how much I will earn in the future. A) Stable. B) Decent. C) Pleading. D) Striving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stable. 18. What does raiment mean? A) Automobile. B) Garments. C) Residence. D) Accessories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Garments. 19. The setting of this short story is New York. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 20. Which sentence best summarizes the main idea of the short story, Thank You Ma'am? A) City streets are full of dangers for young and old people. B) If you are going to steal, don't get caught. C) Good will and kindness are stronger than fear and mistrust. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good will and kindness are stronger than fear and mistrust. 21. The act of repeating or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation. A) Opportunity. B) Repetition. C) Refrain. D) Syncopated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 22. What does the speaker tell the boy in Mother to Son? A) To keep going up the stairs, because she is till going. B) That he will not be able to reach the top without a lot of help. C) That he will fall down the stairs if he is not careful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To keep going up the stairs, because she is till going. 23. In the story, situational irony occurs when: A) Jack admits that he will deny his children their true racial identity. B) Jack justifies the reason behind his choice. C) Jack's wife is amazed by how good African Americans dance. D) Jack's mother is in support of her son's decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jack's wife is amazed by how good African Americans dance. 24. What does the poem 'Harlem' suggest about the importance of dreams? A) Dreams always lead to success and happiness. B) Dreams are only important for certain individuals. C) Dreams are unimportant and should be ignored. D) Dreams are important because when they are deferred or postponed, they can lead to frustration, anger, and even destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dreams are important because when they are deferred or postponed, they can lead to frustration, anger, and even destruction. 25. Language:There is imagery in the poem. Come, Let us roam the night togetherSinging. I love you. AcrossThe Harlem roof-topsMoon is shining.Night sky is blue.Stars are great dropsOf golden dew. Down the streetA band is playing. I love you. Come, Let us roam the night togetherSinging. A) True:sight and sound. B) True:sound and taste. C) True:smell and see. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True:sight and sound. 26. Which of the following statements best exemplifies the story's theme? A) Treat people the way you wish to be treated. B) Don't steal. C) One kind act leads to others. D) Might makes right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treat people the way you wish to be treated. 27. Which sentence about the poem describes the main idea of the poem? A) "Let things take their course.". B) "Tomorrow is another day.". C) "I want my freedom just as you.". D) "I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I want my freedom just as you.". 28. What is the most likely reason that the speaker wants the reader to give the dreams to him? A) He thinks the reader isn't strong enough to make the dream survive. B) He believes that the reader can't keep the dream alive. C) He wants to help the reader keep the dream protected until he/she can make it reality. D) He knows the reader will lose the dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wants to help the reader keep the dream protected until he/she can make it reality. 29. To put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time A) DeferDeferredDeference. B) Weary. C) Segregate/Segregation. D) Croon, Croons, Crooning Crooned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DeferDeferredDeference. 30. Which paragraph expresses the turning point in the story? A) H. B) J. C) G. D) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) H. 31. What did the speaker want to shatter into a thousand lights of sun? A) The wall. B) The shadow. C) The darkness. D) The light of the dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The shadow. 32. What is Langston going to do at the end of the selection? A) He is going to study medicine instead of engineering. B) He is going to move to Harlem to write. C) He is going back to Mexico with his father. D) He is going to finish his engineering degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is going to move to Harlem to write. 33. The poem "Dream Deferred" is ..... A) A Limerick. B) An Ode. C) And Seven. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 34. Which verb ending means PRESENT TENSE? A) -es. B) -ed. C) -s. D) -ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ing. 35. The methods, incidents, speech, etc., an author uses to reveal the people in the book. A) Characterization. B) Personification. C) Oxymoron. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterization. 36. Which of the following best describes Roger? A) Tree-like and pale. B) Sturdy and self-assured. C) Thin but strong. D) Fragile and delicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fragile and delicate. 37. What is the subject of the poem, "I, Too" by Langston Hughes? A) A hungry African American. B) Slaves. C) Someone who wants equality. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone who wants equality. 38. What did Mr. Auld do when he found out about Mrs. Auld's teachings? A) He let her continue her teachings. B) He was confused. C) He had no reaction. D) He forbade her to instruct him any further. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He forbade her to instruct him any further. 39. The lady who watched Joe was ..... A) Mad that Arcie was late to get him. B) Happy that Arcie was there to get him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mad that Arcie was late to get him. 40. Who is the speaker of the poem, "I, Too" ? A) The plantation owner. B) The slaves. C) The "darker brother". D) The parents of Langston Hughes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The "darker brother". 41. How does Mrs. Jones show she trusts Roger? A) She leaves her purse near him when she prepares food. B) She makes him wash his face. C) She tells him her full name. D) She makes sure neighbors keep their doors open. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She leaves her purse near him when she prepares food. 42. Why do you think the poem by Langston Hughes is part of this unit on finances and money? A) For all people to have economic opportunities and not be limited to their future. B) To add extra work for the class. C) To make sure students understand poetry completely. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For all people to have economic opportunities and not be limited to their future. 43. Did you bring a ..... amount of money to school? A) Decent. B) Pleading. C) Paces. D) Tensely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decent. 44. The speaker of the poem "The Road not Taken" wishes that he or she did not have to make a choice between the two roads.What lines from the poem support this statement? A) And sorry I could not travel both/And be one traveler, long I stood. B) Though as for that, the passing there/Had worn them really about the same. C) And both that morning equally lay/In leaves no step had trodden black. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And sorry I could not travel both/And be one traveler, long I stood. 45. What does the behavior of Ms. Jones in paragraph 2 and 20 reveal to the reader? A) She is jubilant. B) She is resilient. C) She is no-nonsense. D) She is miserable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is no-nonsense. 46. Hughes 1951 "Montage of a Dream Deferred" was inspired by? A) Jazz. B) Classical Music. C) Soul. D) Blues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jazz. 47. What is the literal meaning of the simile "stink like rotten meat" A) It spoils and smells. B) It tastes delicious. C) It goes bad but is still really good for you. D) It tastes nasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It spoils and smells. 48. Why does Douglass have no knowledge of his birth date? A) He left his personal records behind when he escaped. B) His mother died when he was young. C) Slave owners keep their slaves ignorant of their birth dates. D) A fire destroyed the records. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slave owners keep their slaves ignorant of their birth dates. 49. Which statement is the main theme of "Thank You, M'am" ? A) Lonely, older people seek company even from those who harm them. B) If you are going to steal, do not get caught. C) City streets are full of dangers for young and old alike. D) Kindness and goodwill are more potent than fear and mistrust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kindness and goodwill are more potent than fear and mistrust. 50. What year did Langston Hughes die? A) 1967. B) 1. C) 1902. D) 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1967. 51. What decades did the Harlem Renaissance take place in? A) 1970-1980's. B) 1890-1900's. C) 1950-1960's. D) 1920-1930's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1920-1930's. 52. The inflectional ending-ed in arrived tells you that the action A) Happened in the past. B) Is happening now. C) Cannot happen. D) Will happen in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Happened in the past. 53. Which is the main type of figurative language used in "Mother to Son" poem? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 54. The conflict of individual vs. indvidual in the story specifically refers to: A) Roger and his choices. B) Roger and his conscience. C) Mrs. Jones and her past. D) Mrs. Jones and Roger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mrs. Jones and Roger. 55. Where was Langston Hughes born? A) Missouri. B) Ohio. C) Mexico. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Missouri. 56. Why does Westley get up to be saved? A) Because he no longer wanted to wait. B) Because he had to use the restroom. C) Because his mom told him to. D) Because he saw the spirit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he no longer wanted to wait. 57. Tubes in the body that allow blood to flow. A) Arms. B) Veins. C) Legs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Veins. 58. Why doesn't Mrs. Jones call the police? A) Roger did not really aim to steal her purse. B) She wants to help Roger change his ways. C) She is afraid of the police. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She wants to help Roger change his ways. 59. A visiting person or group of people. A) Heard. B) Gaggle. C) Company. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Company. 60. What does Hurston say that she feels when she is the only African American among a thousand whites? A) Secure in her own sense of identity. B) Accepting of the promises of Reconstruction. C) Resentful of the slavery of the past. D) Erased from importance to others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secure in her own sense of identity. Next →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesLangston Hughes Quiz 2Langston Hughes Quiz 3Langston Hughes Quiz 4Langston Hughes Quiz 5Langston Hughes Quiz 6Langston Hughes Quiz 7Langston Hughes Quiz 8Langston Hughes Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books