This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Langston Hughes > Langston Hughes – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Langston Hughes Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What metaphor does Langston Hughes use to illustrate the life of this mother? A) A new tall bridge. B) A rickety spiral staircase. C) A deep cold pool. D) Her loving son. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A rickety spiral staircase. 2. Which statement BEST expresses the theme of "Thank You Ma'am?" A) It can be difficult for children to learn right from wrong when there are bad influences around them. B) People are more likely to learn and practice good behavior when it is taught to them with kindness. C) Children often do not understand that adults have encountered the same challenges they have. D) It is best not to assume the worst in people, as situations can easily be misunderstood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People are more likely to learn and practice good behavior when it is taught to them with kindness. 3. How would "Dream Deferred" be different if it were written in first-person narrative instead of as a poem? A) The reader may not like the poem at all. B) The reader may not feel as free to experience their own emotions asIntensely as the author's. tags6.5.g. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reader may not feel as free to experience their own emotions asIntensely as the author's. tags6.5.g. 4. Meaning:What is the title of the poem? A) Harlem. B) Mother to Son. C) Harlem Night Song. D) Night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harlem Night Song. 5. What common idea is expressed by the speaker of the poem and the President in the speech? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 6. True or False: "I, Too, Sing America" expresses a feeling of hope for the future. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. How does the phrase turn all golden relate to the word muddy? A) It shows the destruction by fire of nature's beauty. B) It shows the transformation to something beautiful. C) It shows how both the earth and the sun are ruined. D) It shows how both the earth and the sun are celebrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It shows how both the earth and the sun are celebrated. 8. Which word choices help emphasize the theme in "Dreams Deferred" that giving up on a dream has negative consequences? A) "What happens to a dream deferred?" (line 1). B) "Raisin in the sun" (line 3). C) "stink" "rotten" "sags" "explode" (lines 6, 9, 11). D) "sugar" "sweet" (lines 7, 8). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "stink" "rotten" "sags" "explode" (lines 6, 9, 11). 9. What does the speaker mean by saying, "They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes" ? A) The speaker is literally sent to the kitchen during meals. B) The speaker prefers eating alone. C) The speaker is excluded from social events. D) The kitchen is the speaker's favorite place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speaker is excluded from social events. 10. To separate or keep apart from others A) DeferDeferredDeference. B) Croon, Croons, Crooning Crooned. C) Segregate/Segregation. D) Lull (Lull, Pulling Lull) (Lullaby). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Segregate/Segregation. 11. At what age was the author saved from sin? A) 10. B) 11. C) 12. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 12. Plead A) To beg for forgiveness. B) To tell someone what to do. C) To give the directions. D) To not listen at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To beg for forgiveness. 13. Which line from the poem reflects a lesson that the speaker wants her son to learn? A) Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. B) And places with no carpet on the floor. C) So boy, don't you turn back. D) I'se still climbin'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So boy, don't you turn back. 14. How many lines does the poem have? A) 10. B) 8. C) 6. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 15. Fredrick's book was a ..... A) Biography. B) Autobiography. C) Historical fiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autobiography. 16. A main idea that Hurston presents about the position of her "white neighbor" is that he or she A) Lives a complete life even without a true appreciation of jazz. B) Lives in a more difficult position relative to race than she does. C) Fails to feel guilty enough about the tragedies of the past. D) Fails to feel guilty enough about the tragedies of the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lives in a more difficult position relative to race than she does. 17. The speaker in the poem "Theme for English B" is ..... A) Langston Hughes. B) The instructor of a college course. C) An African American college student. D) A musician during the Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An African American college student. 18. How did Langston die? A) Old age. B) Cancer. C) Car accident. D) Heart attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cancer. 19. In the movie version of this short story the setting was A) 50 years ago. B) Present day. C) 1900. D) Sometime in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present day. 20. What worker does Walt not write of in "I Hear America Singing" ? A) Mechanic. B) Mother. C) Soldier. D) Deck hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soldier. ← 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