This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Langston Hughes > Langston Hughes – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Langston Hughes Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?What type of emotion is created by the simile in these lines? A) Disgust because the raisin has gone bad. B) Anger due to squandered dreams. C) Annoyance due to broken promises. D) Sadness due to wasted opportunity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sadness due to wasted opportunity. 2. Who was the author of this story A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Langston Hughes. C) David Copperfield. D) John Steinbeck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Langston Hughes. 3. What is the theme of the poem ..... Mother to Son? A) Life is filled with joy and sorrow. B) Life is filled with heartaches and hope. C) Life is full of challenges. D) Don't give up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life is full of challenges. 4. As a child, Hurston viewed white people as people who A) Rode through town without living there. B) Acted exactly as her neighbors did. C) Enjoyed teasing her because of her behavior. D) Failed to understand her community's music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rode through town without living there. 5. The poem has how many lines? A) 6. B) 8. C) 11. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 6. Who is the poem "Mother to Son" written by A) Langston Hughes. B) Idris Elba. C) Thomas Edison. D) Frederick Douglas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 7. In "I, Too, " which details most clearly represent equality for African Americans? A) Eating at the same table as the company. B) Eating in the kitchen while company eats in the dining room. C) Eating in the dining room while company eats in the kitchen. D) Having enough to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating at the same table as the company. 8. What role did Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman play in Hughes' life? A) They were great teachers of his. B) They inspired him to write poetry. C) They encouraged him to submit his work to contests. D) They helped him get his first works published. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They inspired him to write poetry. 9. What does the speaker suggest in both stanzas? A) Dreams can be dangerous things to have. B) Dreams tend to disappoint people. C) Dreams help people live life to the fullest. D) Dreams are not valued by everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dreams help people live life to the fullest. 10. Exultingly means A) Joyfully. B) Reverently. C) Mercifully. D) Excessively. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joyfully. 11. Mr. Hughes was a writer for a magazine that was affiliated with NAACP. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 12. The space between a person's clothing and chest. A) Pocket. B) Bosom. C) Necklace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bosom. 13. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" , Langston uses all the following rivers as examples except ..... A) Amazon. B) Congo. C) Mississippi. D) Nile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amazon. 14. How does the poem 'Berry' by Langston Hughes challenge traditional ideas of strength and resilience? A) By ignoring the struggles and hardships faced by the African American community. B) By portraying the resilience of the African American community in the face of oppression and hardship. C) By depicting the weakness and fragility of the African American community. D) By promoting the idea that strength and resilience are not important. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By portraying the resilience of the African American community in the face of oppression and hardship. 15. What was the name of the row of houses in Harlem that were among the first built? A) Irish Row. B) Carnegie Row. C) Asphalt Row. D) Astor Row. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Astor Row. 16. What is Main Idea? A) The message of a text. B) What a text is mostly about. C) Why the author writes something. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What a text is mostly about. 17. "They send me to eat in the kitchen. When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong." These lines from the poem are an example of- A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 18. Langston Hughes did not write very much. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Hughes ONLY wrote poetry A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 20. By the end of the story, Roger wants Mrs. Jones to ..... A) Trust him. B) Take care of him. C) Punish him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trust him. 21. Who did Langston live with after his parents divorced? A) His father. B) His sister. C) His friends. D) His grandmother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His grandmother. 22. What was Langston's father's job? A) Musician. B) Salesman. C) Lawyer. D) Professor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lawyer. 23. What does the speaker imply when he asks 'do I stink of the deferred dream?' A) He is afraid that he will eventually give up on his dream. B) He is worried that his dream will bring him embarrassment. C) He is concerned that his dream will not be accepted. D) He is concerned that his dream will be forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is worried that his dream will bring him embarrassment. 24. "Dream Deferred" author's name ..... A) Larry Hughley. B) Langston Hughes. C) Bradley Beale. D) Maya Angelou. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Langston Hughes. 25. "For if dreams die" is an example of ..... A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 26. The mother says she is ..... A) Giving up on climbing. B) Standing still. C) Sitting down. D) Still climbing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Still climbing. 27. 18 The line Hold fast to dreams is repeated in the poem because it A) Stresses the importance of not letting your dreams go. B) Shows how dreams can be difficult to keep and hold. C) Suggests that people don't work hard enough for their dreams. D) Shows how most people have to fight to accomplish their dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stresses the importance of not letting your dreams go. 28. What was Roger's excuse for what he did? A) He wanted blue suede shoes. B) He wanted a puppy. C) He wanted a pair of Air Jordan sneakers. D) He wanted snake skin shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wanted blue suede shoes. 29. Where did Fredrick Douglass grow-up? A) California. B) Maryland. C) Oregon. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maryland. 30. He ..... cried because of his injuries. A) Teensely. B) Tenselee. C) Tenselely. D) Tensely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tensely. 31. Which lines from the poem "Mother to Son" best suggest that the speaker is persistent? A) It's had tacks in it, /And splinters,. B) And boards torn up, /And places with no carpet on the floor-. C) For I'se still goin' honey, /I'se still climbin',. D) 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard./Don't you fall now-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For I'se still goin' honey, /I'se still climbin',. 32. Choose which figure of speech appears in this sentence:Belinda's fingers were icicles after her ice skating lesson. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 33. Which is the best theme statement for "One Friday Morning" ? A) Nancy Lee was treated unfairly because of the color of her skin. B) Do not give up on the American Dream even if obstacles such discrimination and racism stand in your way. C) It is difficult to believe in yourself when others do not. D) Nancy and Miss O'Shay will work toward building a fair Democracy for all people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do not give up on the American Dream even if obstacles such discrimination and racism stand in your way. 34. What was the boy's name A) Buddy. B) Roberto. C) Roger. D) Robert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roger. 35. What did Langston Hughes die of later in life? A) Kidney Failure. B) A stroke. C) A bus accident. D) Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cancer. 36. What word best describes the tone of the poem? A) Confident. B) Hesitant. C) Despondent. D) Complacent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confident. 37. What does the broken-winged bird symbolize in Langston Hughes' poetry? A) The beauty of nature. B) The success of the Civil Rights Movement. C) The struggle and oppression faced by African Americans. D) The freedom of African Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The struggle and oppression faced by African Americans. 38. The officially recognized or chief poet of a nation A) Acclaim. B) Renaissance. C) Poet Laureate. D) Jazz poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poet Laureate. 39. Langston Hughes work was important to the ..... A) Harlem Globetrotters. B) Cotton Club. C) Harlem Renaissance. D) Reformation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harlem Renaissance. 40. What is the most likely purpose of the personification in line 3 in "Words Like Freedom" ? A) To emphasize the speaker's goals. B) To express the speaker's feelings. C) To explain the speaker's actions. D) To describe the speaker's experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To express the speaker's feelings. 41. Who was the poet/writer of "I Dream a World" ? A) William Shakespeare. B) Langston Hughes. C) Robert Frost. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Langston Hughes. 42. In the story Thank you M'am, what was the reply of Mrs. Jones when Roger asks, "You gonna take me to jail?" A) "You ought to be my son, I would teach you right from wrong!". B) "Now ain't you ashamed of yourself?". C) "If I turn you loose, will you run?". D) "Not with that face, I would not take you nowhere.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Not with that face, I would not take you nowhere.". 43. Why does Roger try to steal the purse? A) To get money for food. B) To get money to buy some blue suede shoes. C) To show how tough he is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To get money to buy some blue suede shoes. 44. "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." Crystal stair is a metaphor for what? A) The difficult journey it took for African Americans to improve their lives while facing racism. B) Black mothers struggling to make ends meet during the Prohibition. C) White Americans facing difficulties. D) A transparent staircase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The difficult journey it took for African Americans to improve their lives while facing racism. 45. What was Langston Hughes' first poem? A) "Crisis". B) "The Negro Speaks of Rivers". C) "Not Without Laughter". D) "The Negro Founding Theaters". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The Negro Speaks of Rivers". 46. What can the reader conclude about Roger and his actions at the end of the story? A) He will try to pay the ten dollars back ti Ms. Jones. B) He will never forget the kindness Ms. Jones showed him. C) He is excited about being able to buy his new shoes. D) He resents the attitude that Ms. Jones displayed toward him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He will never forget the kindness Ms. Jones showed him. 47. The extended metaphor of life being compared to a staircase helps the reader ..... A) Feel sorry for the struggling mother. B) Want a better life for the speaker's son. C) Understand that the speaker's life has been a constant struggle. D) Realize that the speaker feels as if her life will never get any better. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understand that the speaker's life has been a constant struggle. 48. The speaker's tone in "I, Too" is these two feelings. A) Contempt and disdain. B) Proud of identity. C) Pride and defiance. D) Laughter and happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pride and defiance. 49. Why might the speaker of the poem compare life to a staircase? A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 50. What are the two things being compared in this simile from the poem? "Maybe it sags like a heavy load." A) Hopes and wishes to a heavy load. B) A heavy box and your nightmares. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hopes and wishes to a heavy load. 51. Which of the following is the best word for the tone of this story? A) Appreciative / Grateful. B) Suspicious / Dubious. C) Passionate / Energetic. D) Solemn/Serious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appreciative / Grateful. 52. Make an inference about why the speaker is giving this message to her son: A) She wants him to work harder on repairing the stairs. B) She is reminding him that we all have to obey the rules. C) She is instructing him to continue trying even when life is difficult. D) She wants him to love his family more. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is instructing him to continue trying even when life is difficult. 53. From "A Voice", which of the following is an example of a simile? A) He walked slow / as a hot river. B) Country he floated to in the dark. C) Their eyes also unrelenting. D) You liked writing speeches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He walked slow / as a hot river. 54. Mrs. Jones ..... A) Works in a beauty shop. B) Never goes out at night. C) Had known Roger for many years. D) Lives with her family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Works in a beauty shop. 55. What did Langston 1st major in? A) Writing. B) Mathematics. C) Law. D) Engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Engineering. 56. How many stanzas are in the poems "Words Like Freedom" and "Dreams" ? A) 2. B) 1. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 57. Which of the following illustrates Roger's internal conflict? A) "'No'm, ' said the being dragged boy. 'I just want you to turn me loose." '. B) "Sweat popped out on the boy's face and he began to struggle.". C) "Roger looked at the door-looked at the woman-looked at the door-and went to the sink.". D) "'There's nobody home at my house, ' said the boy.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Roger looked at the door-looked at the woman-looked at the door-and went to the sink.". 58. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers, " what do the many rivers that the speaker mentions most clearly suggest about black Africans and their descendants? A) They have a deep appreciation for the culture of others. B) They have experienced economic, political, and social challenges. C) They have a global cultural heritage that reaches far into the past. D) They have enjoyed freedom everywhere except in the United States in the poet's day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They have a global cultural heritage that reaches far into the past. 59. Nancy Lee planned to accept the award not for herself alone but also for A) Her family, who helped her write her speech. B) Her art teacher, Miss O'Shay, who helped her with her painting. C) Her race, who believed in American opportunity and American fairness. D) George Washington High School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her race, who believed in American opportunity and American fairness. 60. A craftsman who works with stone or brick A) Robust. B) Ploughboy. C) Mason. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mason. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesLangston Hughes Quiz 1Langston 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