This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Langston Hughes > Langston Hughes – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Langston Hughes Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the poem 'Harlem' suggest about deferred dreams? A) Deferred dreams can lead to frustration, anger, and even destruction. B) Deferred dreams have no impact on a person's emotions. C) Deferred dreams always lead to success in the end. D) Deferred dreams are easily forgotten and have no lasting effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deferred dreams can lead to frustration, anger, and even destruction. 2. What is the boy's name? A) Roger. B) Ronny. C) Rupert. D) Robert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roger. 3. The author includes this sentence to suggest that the speaker's words are A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 4. What is a synonym for "company" as it is used in this poem? A) A business. B) Pets. C) School. D) Guests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guests. 5. How did Douglass learn to read? A) A small slave school. B) His master's wife and some white boys. C) His master's three daughters. D) Douglass could not read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His master's wife and some white boys. 6. In the poem, whom is the speaker addressing and about what? A) A mother is telling a story to her child about her own childhood. B) A mother is describing for her son the climb up a crystal staircase. C) A son is recounting a conversation with his mother about his struggle to earn a comfortable living. D) A mother is warning her son about the difficulties of life and the struggle to persevere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A mother is warning her son about the difficulties of life and the struggle to persevere. 7. According to the speaker, what "has made all the difference" in The Road not Taken? A) He or she took the first of the two roads. B) He or she took the road less traveled by. C) He or she took the road that bent in the undergrowth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He or she took the road less traveled by. 8. What does the poet's use of figurative language in lines 30-33 of "A Voice" help the reader understand about the speaker's mother? A) She is excited. B) She is nervous. C) She is restless. D) She is uncertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is nervous. 9. What is the tone of the poem? A) Raw & encouraging. B) Happy & playful. C) Sad & discouraging. D) Hopeful & demanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raw & encouraging. 10. In the poem, "Refugee in America" , Langston writes about the difference between what two things? A) Freedom and Democracy. B) Democracy and Liberty. C) Liberty and Freedom. D) Independence and Liberty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liberty and Freedom. 11. The 1st person POV helps the reader ..... A) Understand the struggles faced by the mom. B) Empathize with the son. C) Reflect on why the son is struggling. D) The mother and son's relationship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understand the struggles faced by the mom. 12. Robert Frosts first poem was published in A) 1894. B) 1984. C) 1849. D) 1949. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1894. 13. Langston paces as his father looks through the ledger. He is A) Staring off into space. B) Eating a snack. C) Thinking of a good excuse. D) Walking back and forth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walking back and forth. 14. Robert Frost lived in A) San Francisco, England, New England and the USA. B) San Francisco, New England, England and the USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) San Francisco, New England, England and the USA. 15. You must have a great deal of ..... to be a Navy SEAL. A) Bearing. B) Connive. C) Stealth. D) Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stealth. 16. Which of the following is an example of how theauthor creates suspense in the narrative? A) "There was another long pause. The boy'smouth opened. ''. B) "The woman still had him by the neck in the middle of her room.". C) "'Was I bothering you when I turned that corner?' asked the woman.". D) "She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "There was another long pause. The boy'smouth opened. ''. 17. How much was Robert Frost paid for his first published poem? A) $ 10. B) $ 15. C) $ 20. D) $ 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $ 15. 18. What is the poet describing in the line"And flowers lift their heads" ? A) Flowers looking up at the sky. B) Flowers waking up. C) Flowers blooming. D) Flowers moving in the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flowers blooming. 19. Which type of figurative language is represented in the following line:"Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. In "I, Too Sing America", what does the metaphor of the home represent? A) A house. B) A bus. C) America. D) A restaurant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) America. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesLangston Hughes Quiz 1Langston 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