This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Langston Hughes > Langston Hughes – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Langston Hughes Quiz 29 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In what year did Robert Frost decide to move to England? A) 1919. B) 1913. C) 1924. D) 1911. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1911. 2. The speaker uses repetition "I Too" in the poem to convey the idea- A) That he also belongs in America. B) That he loves to eat in the kitchen. C) That he is tire and leaving America. D) That he is not proud to be an American. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That he also belongs in America. 3. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning or adjacent or closely connected words A) Stanza. B) Rhyme. C) Rhyming scheme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 4. Which detail from the poem best supports the main idea that delayed dreams could disappear or become a burden? A) "What happens to a dream deferred?" (Line 1). B) "like a raisin in the sun?" (Line 3). C) "Does it stink like rotten meat?" (Line 6). D) "like a syrupy sweet?" (Line 8). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Does it stink like rotten meat?" (Line 6). 5. What he referring to when he says this "small space that has been assigned" to him? A) Integration. B) Segregation. C) Removal. D) The end of the Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Segregation. 6. Hughes loved to sit in clubs listening to blues, jazz and write poetry. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 7. Both of Langston's great-grandfather's were white slave-owners. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. What is the author of a play called? A) Author. B) Dreamer. C) Playwrite. D) Play Author. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Playwrite. 9. To put off until a later time A) Mason. B) Persona. C) Ploughboy. D) Defer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Defer. 10. How is the detail of the speaker being asked to eat in the kitchen important to the theme? A) It emphasizes the unfair treatment the speaker receives. B) It highlights the speaker's dissatisfaction with the food in certain areas. C) It shows how unfriendly people are in other countries. D) It reveals how unaffected the speaker is by discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It emphasizes the unfair treatment the speaker receives. 11. What would be the rhyme scheme for the poem "Dreams" ? A) ABB. B) ACAB. C) ABAC. D) ABCB. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ABCB. 12. Which verb ending means PAST TENSE? A) -ed. B) -ing. C) -es. D) -s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ed. 13. What college did Hughes FIRST go to? A) Georgia University. B) Columbia University. C) English Arts University. D) Lincoln University. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Columbia University. 14. Langston Hughes was born on A) February 19, 1902. B) February 1, 1902. C) May 22, 1967. D) February 1, 1967. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) February 1, 1902. 15. "Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" Is an example of which figure of speech? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 16. When did Langston start writing poetry? A) 8th grade. B) 1st grade. C) In college. D) In high school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8th grade. 17. An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, acting. A) Jazz poetry. B) Poet Laureate. C) Acclaim. D) Persona. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persona. 18. What was his red-haired monkey named? A) CoCo. B) Bozo. C) Jocko. D) Taco. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jocko. 19. In "Thank You, Ma'am, " what theme is the author, Langston Hughes, exploring? A) The importance of hard work for all. B) The threat of crime against the elderly. C) The difficulties of poverty for the young. D) The importance of honesty and trust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The importance of honesty and trust. 20. Robert Frost recited the poem ..... at the Presidential inauguration by memory. A) The Outright Truth. B) Dreamer. C) The Road Not Taken. D) The Gift Outright. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Gift Outright. ← 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