This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Langston Hughes > Langston Hughes – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Langston Hughes Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (Part A:How does the narrator's point of view most influence how the events are described in the poem?)Part B:Which lines from the poem best supports the answer to Part A? (RL.2.6/RL.1.1) A) Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. (line 2). B) I'se still climbin', (line 19). C) Don't you fall now-(line 17). D) It's had tacks in it, (line 3). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don't you fall now-(line 17). 2. Frederick's mother dies in childbirth. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. What can you infer about Mrs. Jones from this remark to Roger: "But you put yourself in contact with me, " said the woman. "If you think that that contact is not going to last awhile, you got another thought coming. When I get through with you, sir, you are going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones." A) She has a hard time expressing her thoughts. B) She means what she says. C) She's a little shy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She means what she says. 4. What is a theme of "I, Too, Sing America" ? A) Eating with family builds relationships. B) People were racist in the past. C) Racism can't oppress people's pride in their culture. D) You shouldn't eat in the kitchen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Racism can't oppress people's pride in their culture. 5. What caused Langston Hughes' death? A) Heart Attack. B) Prostate cancer. C) Skin Cancer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart Attack. 6. Structure:How many stanzas are in the poem?stanza-a group of lines in a 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) 5. B) 6. C) 7. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 7. Why does the poet uses repetition in stanza 2? A) To create an image of new life in the reader's mind. B) To let the reader know how many new flowers he sees. C) To emphasize his excitement of the coming of Spring. D) To show the reader that 3 new lives have begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To emphasize his excitement of the coming of Spring. 8. Embarrassed because of one's actions. A) Ashamed. B) Jealous. C) Happy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ashamed. 9. Which literary device does Langston Hughes often use in his poetry to convey deeper meanings? A) Irony. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 10. What is the mood of Dreams? A) Happy. B) Thoughtful. C) Sad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thoughtful. 11. Denial of equal rights or equal treatment to certain groups of people A) Discrimination. B) Harlem Renaissance. C) Acclaim. D) Robust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discrimination. 12. Choose which figure of speech appears in this sentence:Jake was like a whirlwind, rushing from one activity to the next. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. What did Douglass observe in a short time while being in Baltimore? A) He observed a marked similarity. B) He observed nothing at all. C) He observed questionable treatment. D) He observed a marked difference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He observed a marked difference. 14. In the story Thank you Ma'am, instead of running away how did Roger respond to Mrs. Jones's actions? A) He tries to cook for Mrs. Jones. B) He tries to pay with the remaining coins in his wallet. C) He tries to punch Mrs. Jones. D) He tries to make up for his transgression by offering to help Mrs. Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He tries to make up for his transgression by offering to help Mrs. Jones. 15. What made Arcie wait even though the family was very late? A) She wanted to make sure they liked supper. B) She was waiting to get paid. C) They had Joe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was waiting to get paid. 16. Which detail from the poem best shows how the speaker wants to change the world? A) "This fenced-off narrow space / Assigned to me." (Lines 4-5). B) "I look then at the silly walls / Through dark eyes in a dark face-'' (Lines 6-7). C) "That all these walls oppression builds / Will have to go!" (Lines 9-10). D) "I look at my own body / With eyes no longer blind-'' (Lines 11-12). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "That all these walls oppression builds / Will have to go!" (Lines 9-10). 17. Which sentence most accurately illustrates the definition of mistrust? A) Allowing you teenager to drive your car. B) Checking your girlfriend's text messages. C) Loaning your friend $ 50 because he always repays. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Checking your girlfriend's text messages. 18. What does the kitchen symbolize? "They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes" A) The future. B) Segregation. C) Hunger. D) The future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Segregation. 19. What did the speaker want to smash into a thousand whirling dreams of sun? A) The light of the dream. B) The shadow. C) The darkness. D) The wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The darkness. 20. Which of the following choices is NOT an example of why, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." A) Because, "there ain't been no light.". B) Because of, "sometimes going in the dark.". C) Because, "it's had tacks in it.". D) Because crystals are beautiful. 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