Langston Hughes Quiz 22 (20 MCQs)

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1. Austin devised a ..... to sneak into the baseball stadium and steal the World Series ball.

Correct Answer: C) Scheme.

2. "She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails." -This is an example of:

Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole.

3. What does the poem 'Harlem' compare a deferred dream to?

Correct Answer: D) A raisin drying up in the sun.

4. Why does the poem suggest that a 'dream deferred' might 'dry up' like a raisin in the sun?

Correct Answer: A) It's a metaphor for how dreams can wither away if they are not pursued.

5. The act of drawing a conclusion that is not actually stated.

Correct Answer: C) Inference.

6. According to Mrs. Jones, what lesson has Roger NOT been taught?

Correct Answer: D) The difference between right and wrong.

7. A boy who guides the animals drawing a plough

Correct Answer: A) Ploughboy.

8. Why did the author cry in bed that night?

Correct Answer: B) Because he was sad.

9. Langston Hughes .....

Correct Answer: A) Was a famous African-American writer.

10. How does the mini-biography video help develop the central ideas of the passage?

Correct Answer: D) The mini-biography provides visual and auditory details to enhance the reader's experience.

11. Which of the following was NOT a job Hughes held, according to the selection?

Correct Answer: C) Chef.

12. In line 22, some of the things the speaker enjoys are:he likes to .....

Correct Answer: C) Work, read, learn, and understand life.

13. What college did Hughes GRADUATE from.

Correct Answer: D) Lincoln University.

14. When did Harlem become the "Black Mecca" ?

Correct Answer: B) 1904.

15. The Poet uses the repetition at the beginning of these lines to showe

Correct Answer: A) F.

16. The poem is about .....

Correct Answer: A) The black/African-american community.

17. What does extenuating mean?

Correct Answer: B) Lessening the severity of.

18. Do you agree with what the poet is saying about dreams?

Correct Answer: A) Yes.

19. What is the poem's meter?

Correct Answer: B) Free verse.

20. Choose the BEST answer that explains how the two themes of Langston Hughes texts are similar.

Correct Answer: D) They both show the reader that life takes discipline, kindness, and patience.