This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Langston Hughes > Langston Hughes – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Langston Hughes Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Over the years, people had ..... a bare path from the village to the lake. A) Undergrowth. B) Trodden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trodden. 2. Opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction."We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." -Martin Luther King, Jr., speech at St. Louis, 1964 A) Diction. B) Antithesis. C) Euphemism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 3. Which of the following best describes the mood of the story? A) Tragic. B) Uneasy. C) Hopeful. D) Cheerful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hopeful. 4. Tensely A) Showing worry. B) Paying attention to something else. C) Feeling emotional strain. D) To work to get something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling emotional strain. 5. The reader can infer that Ms. Jones is motherly because A) She takes him home, makes him wash his face and feeds him. B) She turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jean sitter. C) She dragged the frightened boy behind her. D) She doesn't want to turn him loose when she asks if he is going to run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She takes him home, makes him wash his face and feeds him. 6. How does the poet feel about the subject of the poem? A) He despises the rain. B) He likes the way the rain makes things look. C) He feels happy that Spring has arrived. D) He enjoys listening to the singing of the children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He feels happy that Spring has arrived. 7. What is a theme of the poem? A) History can be changed. B) . Nature presents unique dangers. C) Travel can inspire with new ideas. D) People are connected to their pasts and cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People are connected to their pasts and cultures. 8. In the short story version, where did this story take place (the setting) A) Urban, city area. B) Suburbs. C) Rural, like farm area. D) On another planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urban, city area. 9. Which of the following is an example of imagery in Langston Hughes' poetry? A) The dog barked loudly. B) A red sun rides on the crippled fields. C) I went to the store. D) The sky is blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A red sun rides on the crippled fields. 10. Why is Roger afraid when he first gets to Mrs. Jones' home? A) He's just really hungry, not afraid. B) Roger's afraid that she'll turn him over to the police. C) Mrs. Jones is a strong, large woman. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roger's afraid that she'll turn him over to the police. 11. Which of the following lines is an example of imagery focusing on the sense of smell? A) "And then run?". B) "Does it stink like rotten meat?". C) "Or crust and sugar over". D) "Or does it explode?". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Does it stink like rotten meat?". 12. Poetry that imitates jazz like rhymes and improvisation A) Poet Laureate. B) Jazz poetry. C) Free verse. D) Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jazz poetry. 13. How does the speaker compare himself or herself to rivers in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" ? A) The speaker is the same age as the rivers of the world. B) The speaker's song sounds like the flowing waters of rivers. C) Both the speaker and rivers are dark and mysterious. D) The speaker's soul is deep like the waters of rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The speaker's soul is deep like the waters of rivers. 14. Stable A) Someone you can not count on. B) Someone who brings your lunch to school. C) Steady, dependable. D) Unsure of themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steady, dependable. 15. What is Hughes full name? A) Langston Hughes. B) James Mercer Langston Hughes. C) Jake from Statefarm. D) Langston Mary Bee Hughes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James Mercer Langston Hughes. 16. Langston Hughes was born as A) James Mercer Langston Hughes. B) James Langston Mercer Hughes. C) Langston James Mercer Hughes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Mercer Langston Hughes. 17. When did Rodger try to steal Mrs.Jones's bag? A) At night. B) 11.am. C) During the day. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At night. 18. Life is compared with ..... A) Crystal Stair. B) Ladder. C) Scaffold. D) Wooden Stair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wooden Stair. 19. In the movie version of this short story, how much money did Mrs. Jones give the boy? A) One hundred dollars. B) Twenty dollars. C) Fifty dollars. D) Ten dollars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twenty dollars. 20. In the line "And trees put forth new leaves to sing", the poet uses personification to- A) To show that the magic tree can sing. B) To emphasize the tree's sighs. C) To illustrate how alive the tree's are and the sound the leaves make. D) To show the falling of leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To illustrate how alive the tree's are and the sound the leaves make. ← 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