This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Langston Hughes > Langston Hughes – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Langston Hughes Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How tall was Langston Hughes? A) 5' 4". B) 5'. C) 7' 2". D) 6' 1". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5' 4". 2. Based on the following passage, what can you infer about Mrs. Jones? "" I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son-neither tell God, if he didn't already know." ' A) Mrs. Jones is a religious person. B) In the past, Mrs. Jones has done things she's not proud of. C) Mrs. Jones is a private person and doesn't want to tell her business. D) Mrs. Jones doesn't trust Roger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the past, Mrs. Jones has done things she's not proud of. 3. Where does the speaker suggest that dreams come from? A) Your parents. B) Your favorite books. C) Your friends. D) Your heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your heart. 4. Compared to the first poem, the tone of the second poem "Dreams" is more A) Excited. B) Angry. C) Hopeless tags6.5.e. D) Determined. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Determined. 5. Which sentence is the best summary of who Langston Hughes was? A) Langston Hughes was a wonderful writer. B) One of the most famous poets of the Harlem Renaissance was Langston Hughes. C) Langston Hughes was a popular African-American writer and main figure of the Harlem Renaissance. D) Langston Hughes had many difficulties throughout his life, but prevailed to become a famous writer during the Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Langston Hughes was a popular African-American writer and main figure of the Harlem Renaissance. 6. How old is the narrator? A) 12 going on 13. B) 13 going on 14. C) 11 going on 12. D) 10 going on 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12 going on 13. 7. Semaj ..... a scheme to steal the "Mona Lisa" painting from the art museum. A) Stealth. B) Pioneers. C) Scheme. D) Connived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connived. 8. Frederick Douglass was a known abolitionist. What is an abolitionist? A) A person who wanted to end slavery. B) A person who wanted to help endangered animals. C) A person who fought for women's rights. D) A presidential candidate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who wanted to end slavery. 9. James Langston Hughes did receive his B.A. degree A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 10. 19 The author uses figurative language in line 3 to help the reader understand A) A what a broken wing and frozen field would look like. B) B how people dream of cold weather in the winter. C) C how useless life without dreams would be. D) D how dreaming can warm us when we are cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C how useless life without dreams would be. 11. Langston Hughes rose to popularity during the time period of A) Neoclassical Period. B) Romantic Period. C) Victorian Period. D) Harlem Renaissance Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harlem Renaissance Period. 12. What type of dream is Hughes's poem "Harlem" about? A) A dream you dream while asleep. B) A dream about hopes and wishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dream about hopes and wishes. 13. In lines 14 through 20 the speaker expresses a feeling of A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 14. Who is the author of "Thank You Ma'am" ? A) Richard Connell. B) Langston Hughes. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Eugenia Collier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Langston Hughes. 15. What do we learn about Roger at the beginning of the story? A) He wants to steal a pocketbook. B) He always starts fights with people. C) He likes to take walks at night. D) He has no friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wants to steal a pocketbook. 16. The Harlem Renaissance was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a cultural mecca in the early 20th century and the subsequent social and artistic expansion that resulted. Lasting roughly from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, the period is considered a golden age in African American culture, manifesting in literature, music, stage performance, and art. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. How does Roger feel about being caught and detained by Mrs. Jones? A) He angry. B) He is amused. C) He is frightened. D) He is annoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is frightened. 18. If you were given an oppurtunity you would be given ..... A) A thanksgiving feast. B) A really dirty look from someone. C) A chance to succeed in life. D) A puppy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A chance to succeed in life. 19. What was the main idea of Dreams? A) To run away from your nightmares. B) To never give up on your dreams. C) To give up on your dreams. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To never give up on your dreams. 20. Which poem by Langston Hughes uses the imagery of a broken-winged bird? A) I, Too. B) Dreams. C) The Negro Speaks of Rivers. D) Harlem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dreams. 21. How does the mother's advice to her son contribute to the overall tone of the poem? A) It adds a sense of despair and hopelessness. B) It creates a tone of anger and resentment. C) It conveys a tone of optimism and perseverance. D) It establishes a tone of indifference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It conveys a tone of optimism and perseverance. 22. What does the following sentence mean: " "He did not trust the woman not to trust him" ? A) Roger wants her to see that he can be trusted. B) Roger knows that he isn't trustworthy. C) Roger doesn't entirely trust Mrs. Jones at this time. D) Roger needs to see what Mrs. Jones is doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roger wants her to see that he can be trusted. 23. PART A. Which statement best describes the main theme of the poem? A) It is difficult to remain hopeful in the face of adversity. B) Social change happens through the efforts of many people. C) People often do not realize the depths of their own prejudices. D) Racial prejudice is disgraceful and will dissolve in favor of equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Racial prejudice is disgraceful and will dissolve in favor of equality. 24. What rose slowly between the speaker and the dream? A) The light of the dream. B) The shadow. C) The wall. D) The darkness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The wall. 25. Small "chapters" in a play are called ..... A) Parts. B) Acts. C) Chapters. D) Scenes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scenes. 26. One of the major themes of the poem "Theme for English B" is ..... A) The search for truth. B) Identity and belonging. C) The difficulty of college courses. D) The fight against segregation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identity and belonging. 27. This is the unfair treatment of a group of people because of their race, gender, religion, age, or other characteristic? A) Prolific. B) Segregation. C) Resentment. D) Discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Discrimination. 28. Langston Hughes had a complicated background where his grandmother was a slave and his grandfather was a slave owner. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Which of the following would NOT be considered an appropriate author's purpose for writing this poem. A) To inform. B) To advise. C) To persuade. D) To entertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To advise. 30. The tone of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is these two concepts. A) Pride and defiance. B) Humility and perserverance. C) Pride for culture and ancestors. D) Despair and contempt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pride for culture and ancestors. 31. What poetic device is used in the following, "Whatever race you be, will share the bounties of the earth and every man is free? A) Figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification). B) Rhyme (words sound the same/similar). C) Free verse (no rhyme pattern). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme (words sound the same/similar). 32. How does Langston Hughes vision of a better future connect with inequality in wages and salary? A) For all people to have access to economic advancement and opportunities. B) For only one ethnic/racial group to have money and financial success. C) His vision for the future is not possible; there will always be rich and poor as addressed in the poem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For all people to have access to economic advancement and opportunities. 33. A period in the 1920's when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished A) Point of view. B) Renaissance. C) Discrimination. D) Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harlem Renaissance. 34. Think of the title of Woodson's book and the tone of her poetry. Which line from Langston Hughes' poem would best connect to Jackie's attitude about struggling with prejudice in America? A) They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,. B) Nobody'll dareSay to me, "Eat in the kitchen, ". C) I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. 35. When Mrs.Jones left her bag near Rodger ..... A) He didn't steal it. B) He looked inside her bag. C) He grabbed it and ran away. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He didn't steal it. 36. What did the speaker find himself lying down in? A) The light of the dream. B) The shadow. C) The darkness. D) The wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The shadow. 37. Why is this selection called "Langston Huges:Poet of the People? A) It tells how Langston grew up with a lot of people. B) It tells how Langston was a loner who wanted to be accepted. C) It tells how Langston wanted to write about African American Life. D) It tells how Langston and his father were a family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It tells how Langston wanted to write about African American Life. 38. In the short story version, what did Mrs. Jones do to the boy? A) She slapped his face. B) She kicked him on his blue jean sitter. C) She pulled his jean jacket over his head. D) She pushed him down on the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She kicked him on his blue jean sitter. 39. In 'Berry' by Langston Hughes, what does the berry picker's actions reveal about her character? A) Kindness and generosity. B) Laziness and indifference. C) Fear and uncertainty. D) Determination and resilience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Determination and resilience. 40. The poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers, " discusses how Africans have done this? A) Fought for civil rights in the 1960s. B) Witnessed and participated in important moments in history. C) Fought for anti-abolition. D) Fought for slavery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Witnessed and participated in important moments in history. 41. Of or in time long past. A) Concludes, Concluding, Conclusion. B) Drowsy. C) Ancient. D) Concluded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancient. 42. What was Mrs. Auld kindly commenced to teach Douglass? A) She was kindly commenced to teach him 1-10. B) She was kindly commenced to teach him the A, B, C's. C) She was kindly commenced to teach him how to tie his shoes. D) She didn't try to teach him anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was kindly commenced to teach him the A, B, C's. 43. Compare the tone of the poems "Dreams" and "Harlem" . A) Harlem is encouraging while Dreams is disheartening. B) Dreams is encouraging while Harlem is disheartening. C) Dreams is joyful while Harlem is angsty. D) Harlem joyful while Dreams is angsty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dreams is encouraging while Harlem is disheartening. 44. The lady says that Roger needs to do what? A) To go on home. B) To wash his face. C) To go to the store for her. D) To change his clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To wash his face. 45. Which of the following evidences the fact thatRoger actually wants Mrs. Jones to trust him? A) He sits where she can easily see him. B) He eats the food she makes for him. C) He takes the money she gives him. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He sits where she can easily see him. 46. Which of the two poems mainly uses metaphors? A) Harlem. B) Dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dreams. 47. Based on the poem, Brian Pinkney's illustration is most likely what type of building? A) Restroom. B) Church. C) School. D) House. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Church. 48. What can the reader assume about Mrs. Jones's life as a younger woman? A) She had worked hard all of her life. B) She had raised her own sons well. C) She had made mistakes in the past. D) She had often been arrested. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had made mistakes in the past. 49. In what year did Robert Frost decide to move to England? A) 1911. B) 1913. C) 1924. D) 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1911. 50. The speaker uses repetition "I Too" in the poem to convey the idea- A) That he also belongs in America. B) That he loves to eat in the kitchen. C) That he is tire and leaving America. D) That he is not proud to be an American. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That he also belongs in America. 51. Which detail from the poem best supports the main idea that delayed dreams could disappear or become a burden? A) "like a syrupy sweet?" (Line 8). B) "Does it stink like rotten meat?" (Line 6). C) "like a raisin in the sun?" (Line 3). D) "What happens to a dream deferred?" (Line 1). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Does it stink like rotten meat?" (Line 6). 52. What he referring to when he says this "small space that has been assigned" to him? A) Segregation. B) Integration. C) The end of the Civil War. D) Removal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Segregation. 53. Hughes loved to sit in clubs listening to blues, jazz and write poetry. A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 54. Both of Langston's great-grandfather's were white slave-owners. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. What is the author of a play called? A) Playwrite. B) Play Author. C) Author. D) Dreamer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playwrite. 56. To put off until a later time A) Ploughboy. B) Defer. C) Mason. D) Persona. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Defer. 57. How is the detail of the speaker being asked to eat in the kitchen important to the theme? A) It emphasizes the unfair treatment the speaker receives. B) It reveals how unaffected the speaker is by discrimination. C) It highlights the speaker's dissatisfaction with the food in certain areas. D) It shows how unfriendly people are in other countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It emphasizes the unfair treatment the speaker receives. 58. What would be the rhyme scheme for the poem "Dreams" ? A) ABB. B) ABCB. C) ACAB. D) ABAC. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ABCB. 59. Which verb ending means PAST TENSE? A) -es. B) -ing. C) -s. D) -ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ed. 60. What college did Hughes FIRST go to? A) Lincoln University. B) Columbia University. C) Georgia University. D) English Arts University. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Columbia University. ← 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