This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Langston Hughes > Langston Hughes – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Langston Hughes Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The act of repeating or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation. A) Opportunity. B) Refrain. C) Syncopated. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 2. What does the speaker tell the boy in Mother to Son? A) To keep going up the stairs, because she is till going. B) That he will not be able to reach the top without a lot of help. C) That he will fall down the stairs if he is not careful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To keep going up the stairs, because she is till going. 3. In the story, situational irony occurs when: A) Jack admits that he will deny his children their true racial identity. B) Jack justifies the reason behind his choice. C) Jack's mother is in support of her son's decision. D) Jack's wife is amazed by how good African Americans dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jack's wife is amazed by how good African Americans dance. 4. What does the poem 'Harlem' suggest about the importance of dreams? A) Dreams always lead to success and happiness. B) Dreams are only important for certain individuals. C) Dreams are unimportant and should be ignored. D) Dreams are important because when they are deferred or postponed, they can lead to frustration, anger, and even destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dreams are important because when they are deferred or postponed, they can lead to frustration, anger, and even destruction. 5. Language:There is imagery in the 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) True:sight and sound. B) True:sound and taste. C) True:smell and see. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True:sight and sound. 6. Which of the following statements best exemplifies the story's theme? A) Might makes right. B) Don't steal. C) One kind act leads to others. D) Treat people the way you wish to be treated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Treat people the way you wish to be treated. 7. Which sentence about the poem describes the main idea of the poem? A) "Let things take their course.". B) "I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.". C) "I want my freedom just as you.". D) "Tomorrow is another day.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I want my freedom just as you.". 8. What is the most likely reason that the speaker wants the reader to give the dreams to him? A) He knows the reader will lose the dream. B) He thinks the reader isn't strong enough to make the dream survive. C) He believes that the reader can't keep the dream alive. D) He wants to help the reader keep the dream protected until he/she can make it reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wants to help the reader keep the dream protected until he/she can make it reality. 9. To put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time A) Weary. B) Croon, Croons, Crooning Crooned. C) Segregate/Segregation. D) DeferDeferredDeference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DeferDeferredDeference. 10. Which paragraph expresses the turning point in the story? A) F. B) G. C) H. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. 11. What did the speaker want to shatter into a thousand lights of sun? A) The wall. B) The shadow. C) The darkness. D) The light of the dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The shadow. 12. What is Langston going to do at the end of the selection? A) He is going back to Mexico with his father. B) He is going to finish his engineering degree. C) He is going to move to Harlem to write. D) He is going to study medicine instead of engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is going to move to Harlem to write. 13. The poem "Dream Deferred" is ..... A) A Limerick. B) An Ode. C) And Seven. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 14. Which verb ending means PRESENT TENSE? A) -ed. B) -es. C) -s. D) -ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ing. 15. The methods, incidents, speech, etc., an author uses to reveal the people in the book. A) Pathos. B) Personification. C) Oxymoron. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 16. Which of the following best describes Roger? A) Tree-like and pale. B) Sturdy and self-assured. C) Thin but strong. D) Fragile and delicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fragile and delicate. 17. What is the subject of the poem, "I, Too" by Langston Hughes? A) A hungry African American. B) Slaves. C) Someone who wants equality. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone who wants equality. 18. Success A) The study of the way which plants and animals live an grow. B) Sadly and quietly. C) Showing worry. D) The acheivement of an aim or goal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The acheivement of an aim or goal. 19. What did Mr. Auld do when he found out about Mrs. Auld's teachings? A) He forbade her to instruct him any further. B) He let her continue her teachings. C) He had no reaction. D) He was confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He forbade her to instruct him any further. 20. The lady who watched Joe was ..... A) Happy that Arcie was there to get him. B) Mad that Arcie was late to get him. 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