Langston Hughes Quiz 20 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which group, historically, did NOT live in Harlem?

Correct Answer: D) Irish.

2. Who was Miss Dietrich?

Correct Answer: D) The art teacher.

3. What is the following line an example of? "Maybe it just sags / like a heavy load."

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

4. Which evidence shows what Arcie thought about the white people she worked for?

Correct Answer: A) "What made white people so darned inconsiderate?".

5. If he was working to get something he would be .....

Correct Answer: A) Striving.

6. What happens right after Mr. Hughes sees one of Langston's poems on the floor?

Correct Answer: A) He crumples up the paper.

7. Soft and rich as sound, tones, color, or light.

Correct Answer: C) Mellow.

8. Where did Hughes first get the idea to combine his poetry with jazz?

Correct Answer: C) At a night club in Paris.

9. "Green grasses grow" is an example of what poetry technique?

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.

10. Which type of figurative language is used the in the line below:"Life is a barren field frozen with snow."

Correct Answer: C) Metaphor.

11. Who is the speaker of the poem?

Correct Answer: B) The "darker brother".

12. For which of the following activities would you want to look most presentable?

Correct Answer: B) Being a bridesmaid in your best friend's wedding.

13. In the short story version, Mrs Jones sat down on a .....

Correct Answer: B) Daybed.

14. What is the major theme of the narrative "Thank You, M'am?"

Correct Answer: C) Integrity.

15. In "Mother to Son", the mother compares her life to a .....

Correct Answer: C) Staircase.

16. Which line of poetry displays onomatopoeia?

Correct Answer: D) I listened to the frogs croak and the geese squawk.

17. Using context clues, the word "mulatto" means-

Correct Answer: B) A person who is of mixed race.

18. According to ''Dreams, " what will happen if our dreams die?

Correct Answer: A) Life will be easier to handle.

19. What year was Langston Hughes born?

Correct Answer: C) 1902.

20. A collection of scenes are called .....

Correct Answer: C) Acts.