This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Langston Hughes > Langston Hughes – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Langston Hughes Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the movie version of this short story, how much money did Mrs. Jones give the boy? A) Twenty dollars. B) Ten dollars. C) One hundred dollars. D) Fifty dollars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twenty dollars. 2. In the line "And trees put forth new leaves to sing", the poet uses personification to- A) To show that the magic tree can sing. B) To emphasize the tree's sighs. C) To illustrate how alive the tree's are and the sound the leaves make. D) To show the falling of leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To illustrate how alive the tree's are and the sound the leaves make. 3. What was The Crisis? A) A newspaper. B) A magazine. C) A poem. D) A song. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A magazine. 4. What does the author mean by "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet" ? A) If you steal money to buy shoes, guilt will burn your feet. B) It means that the shoes won't fit his feet. C) It means that the shoes will be ugly. D) It means that the shoes will burn his feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If you steal money to buy shoes, guilt will burn your feet. 5. Who is the author of "A Dream Deferred?" A) Langston Hughes. B) Maya Angelou. C) Jerry Spinelli. D) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 6. Which of the following most likely aligns to Langston Hughes' message in "Harlem" ? A) Dreams come in all shapes and sizes depending on your socioeconomic (income level) status. B) It is a mystery what happens when dreams are not pursued by the dreamer. C) Dreams are dangerous and should be avoided in order to keep from chaotic results. D) There are negative consequences when dreams are put on hold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are negative consequences when dreams are put on hold. 7. Who was referred to as 'M'am' in the title of the narrative "Thank You, M'am" ? A) A young Black woman. B) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. C) Mrs. Rogers. D) Mrs. Luella Washington Bates Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. 8. "A Voice" makes the statement that- A) Family stories should only be spoken in native languages. B) Learning a new language is difficult. C) People should memorize family stories. D) Family stories communicate a family's history. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Family stories communicate a family's history. 9. Of what did Langston Hughes die? A) Cancer. B) Heart attack. C) He is still alive. D) Hit by a car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cancer. 10. What color does the speaker identify himself as? A) Brown. B) White. C) Yellow. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Black. 11. Julia was waiting nerviously for her test. hat is the tone? A) Afraid. B) Approving. C) Dramatic. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afraid. 12. What does the poem suggest could happen if the speaker's dream is deferred? A) It might fester like a sore. B) It might stink like rotten meat. C) It might crust and sugar over. D) It might explode like a bomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It might fester like a sore. 13. In lines 39-40, the speaker compares himself to his college professor, saying that his instructor is ..... A) "wiser and more understanding of life". B) "older and white and somewhat more free". C) "an accomplished poet" like he someday hopes to be. D) "stubborn and unwilling to learn". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "older and white and somewhat more free". 14. What literary device does Langston Hughes use in his poem ''Dreams" to help paint a picture for readers? A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 15. People who have dreams A) Conflict. B) Literary devices. C) Literary elements in the poem. D) Main characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Main characters. 16. What literary device is used in the line 'Does it stink like rotten meat?' in the poem 'Harlem'? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 17. Where is the Euphrates River located? A) America. B) Western Asia. C) Europe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Western Asia. 18. The author alluded to in "I, Too, Sing America" is: A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) William Shakespeare. C) Countee Cullen. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walt Whitman. 19. Which of the following lines in the poem is an example of imagery? A) In time of silver rain, The butterflies lift silken wings. B) The earth puts forth new life again. C) In joy beneath the sky. D) The wonder spreads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In time of silver rain, The butterflies lift silken wings. 20. Which line from the poem best helps the reader understand the meaning ofbarren? A) For when dreams go. B) Frozen with snow. C) That cannot fly. D) Hold fast to dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frozen with snow. 21. The mother's tone is best described as ..... A) Harsh. B) Fearful. C) Kind and firm. D) Indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kind and firm. 22. What is the narrative perspective of this story? A) Third-person omniscient. B) Second-person. C) First-person. D) Third-person limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third-person omniscient. 23. At first, how did Mrs.Jones react? A) She called the police. B) She screamed for help. C) She invited Rodger into her home. D) She kicked Rodger and dragged him to her home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She kicked Rodger and dragged him to her home. 24. Choose which figure of speech appears in this sentence:The new pillows were like fluffy white marshmallows. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 25. What does the phrase "hold fast" mean in the poem? A) Forget. B) Hang on to. C) Run from. D) Try to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hang on to. 26. In which line do you know the speaker feels proud? A) "And be ashamed". B) "Eat in the kitchen". C) "They'll see how beautiful I am". D) "Say to me". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "They'll see how beautiful I am". 27. Which literary device is most prominently used in the line "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" ? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 28. The words the characters speak are called ..... A) Dialogue. B) Conversation. C) Talking. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 29. The line "like a syrupy sweet?" from the poem "Dream Deferred" is an example of ..... A) Conclusion. B) Alliteration. C) Irony. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 30. What does symbolism refer to in Langston Hughes' poetry? A) The use of vivid and descriptive language in the poetry. B) The use of rhyme and meter in the poetry. C) The use of humor and satire in the poetry. D) The use of objects, images, or actions that represent deeper meanings or ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The use of objects, images, or actions that represent deeper meanings or ideas. 31. Who was one of Langston's famous college classmates? A) Rosa Parks. B) Malcolm X. C) Thurgood Marshall. D) Countee Cullen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thurgood Marshall. 32. What is the title of the poem we read today? A) Friends Forever. B) Langston Hughes. C) Growing Together. D) My People. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My People. 33. In the poem titled, "Irish Wake" from the Sea Charm section of our LH book, the poem is about ..... A) Darkness and sadness at night, but happiness coming in the morning. B) Irish people partying. C) Irish men at war. D) French funerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Darkness and sadness at night, but happiness coming in the morning. 34. What did the author's aunt think was the reason for his crying? A) He was scared of the dark. B) He had seen Jesus. C) The Holy Ghost had come into his life. D) He was in pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Holy Ghost had come into his life. 35. Robert Frost's mother and grandfather were A) Teachers. B) Doctors. C) Farmers. D) Librarians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teachers. 36. What was the term used that means the area is losing local color and becoming increasingly middle-class in tastes? A) Reunification. B) Destabilization. C) Acclimation. D) Gentrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gentrification. 37. In one of his poems on this video, it states, "My soul has grown deep, " like what? A) The opening of a reservoir. B) The depth of the sea. C) The rivers. D) Ocean waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rivers. 38. What is pigmentation? A) Coloring. B) Elasticity. C) Texture. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coloring. 39. What line shows repetition? A) Hold fast to dreams. B) That cannot fly. C) For if dreams die. D) Life is a barren field. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For if dreams die. 40. The tone of "Dream Variations" is these two attitudes. A) Sad and melancholy. B) Doom and gloom. C) Carefree and lightehearted. D) Happy and sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carefree and lightehearted. 41. The phrase a raisin in the sun means ..... A) Alone and deserted. B) Likely to grow something(like a seed). C) Dried up and shriveled. D) Unappealing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dried up and shriveled. 42. In both the short story version and the movie version this story takes place A) In the morning. B) At dusk, sundown. C) Late at night. D) In the afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Late at night. 43. What is the primary theme conveyed in the poem? A) Economic success. B) Personal triumph. C) Political power. D) Racial equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Racial equality. 44. Which of the following words is a synonym for frail, as used in the sentence "The boy appeared sickly and frail" ? A) Weak. B) Shy. C) Strong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weak. 45. This is the tone of "Dream Variations" A) Bliss. B) Enlightenment. C) Love. D) Hopelessness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hopelessness. 46. Structure:What type of punctuation is 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) Question marks. B) No punctuation. C) Periods and commas. D) Exclamation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periods and commas. 47. What does "Tomorrow" symbolize in the second stanza? Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. A) The future. B) Freedom. C) Equal rights. D) Choir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The future. 48. What did not "blossom" in the Harlem Renaissance? A) Food. B) Music. C) Literature. D) Arts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food. 49. Which poem by Langston Hughes uses the imagery of a river? A) The Negro Speaks of Rivers. B) Dreams. C) Harlem. D) Mother to Son. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Negro Speaks of Rivers. 50. Reread the line from the poem below and answer the question that follows: "I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep." What is the meaning of lulled as it appears in the text? A) Tricked. B) Frightened. C) Defended. D) Calmed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calmed. 51. Which was his first published book of poetry? A) The Crisis. B) The Weary Blues. C) The Negro Speaks of Days. D) Lennox Ave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Weary Blues. 52. Which of the following best describes the way Mrs. Jones treats Roger? A) She aggressively tries to change him. B) She tries to police his behavior. C) She acts in a motherly way towards him. D) She deals with him in a threatening manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She acts in a motherly way towards him. 53. What does the broken staircase symbolize in Langston Hughes' poem 'Mother to Son'? A) The broken staircase symbolizes the ease of life. B) The broken staircase symbolizes the struggles and hardships in life. C) The broken staircase symbolizes the perfection of life. D) The broken staircase symbolizes the beauty of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The broken staircase symbolizes the struggles and hardships in life. 54. What is the main theme of the poem 'Harlem'? A) The struggles of Harlem's youth. B) The history of Harlem's architecture. C) The beauty of nature in Harlem. D) Deferred dreams and aspirations of African Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deferred dreams and aspirations of African Americans. 55. Hughes wrote plays and also ..... A) Built theaters. B) Poetry. C) Children's books. D) All the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the Above. 56. In the poem, the most appropriate synonym for "dream" is? A) Goal. B) Fantasy tags6.4.b. C) Memory. D) Wish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goal. 57. Part B:Which lines from "I, Too, " "The Negro Speaks of Rivers, " "Refugee in America, " or "Dream Variations" best support the answer to Part A? A) Besides, / They'll see how beautiful I am ( "I, Too" ). B) I've known rivers:/ Ancient, dusky rivers. ( "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" ). C) There are words like Freedom / Sweet and wonderful to say. ( "Refugee in America" ). D) While night comes on gently, / Dark like me-( "Dream Variations" ). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Besides, / They'll see how beautiful I am ( "I, Too" ). 58. What is the TONE (emotion created in the poem) of "I Dream a World" ? A) Hopeful and optimistic. B) Negative and full of despair. C) Pessimistic and critical of humanity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hopeful and optimistic. 59. Who is the speaker or persona of the poem? A) Mother. B) Son. C) No answer. D) Longfellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother. 60. What is the speaker comparing her life to? A) To jaguar. B) An inoperable car. C) A run-down house. D) A talking tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A run-down house. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesLangston Hughes Quiz 1Langston Hughes Quiz 2Langston Hughes Quiz 3Langston Hughes Quiz 4Langston Hughes Quiz 5Langston Hughes Quiz 6Langston Hughes Quiz 7Langston Hughes Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books