This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Langston Hughes > Langston Hughes – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Langston Hughes Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A visiting person or group of people. A) Heard. B) Gaggle. C) Company. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Company. 2. What does Hurston say that she feels when she is the only African American among a thousand whites? A) Resentful of the slavery of the past. B) Accepting of the promises of Reconstruction. C) Erased from importance to others. D) Secure in her own sense of identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secure in her own sense of identity. 3. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?What type of emotion is created by the simile in these lines? A) Disgust because the raisin has gone bad. B) Anger due to squandered dreams. C) Annoyance due to broken promises. D) Sadness due to wasted opportunity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sadness due to wasted opportunity. 4. Who was the author of this story A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Langston Hughes. C) David Copperfield. D) John Steinbeck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Langston Hughes. 5. What is the theme of the poem ..... Mother to Son? A) Life is filled with joy and sorrow. B) Life is filled with heartaches and hope. C) Life is full of challenges. D) Don't give up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life is full of challenges. 6. As a child, Hurston viewed white people as people who A) Rode through town without living there. B) Acted exactly as her neighbors did. C) Enjoyed teasing her because of her behavior. D) Failed to understand her community's music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rode through town without living there. 7. The poem has how many lines? A) 8. B) 9. C) 6. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 8. Who is the poem "Mother to Son" written by A) Idris Elba. B) Langston Hughes. C) Frederick Douglas. D) Thomas Edison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Langston Hughes. 9. In "I, Too, " which details most clearly represent equality for African Americans? A) Eating in the kitchen while company eats in the dining room. B) Eating in the dining room while company eats in the kitchen. C) Eating at the same table as the company. D) Having enough to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating at the same table as the company. 10. What role did Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman play in Hughes' life? A) They helped him get his first works published. B) They inspired him to write poetry. C) They were great teachers of his. D) They encouraged him to submit his work to contests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They inspired him to write poetry. 11. What does the speaker suggest in both stanzas? A) Dreams can be dangerous things to have. B) Dreams are not valued by everyone. C) Dreams help people live life to the fullest. D) Dreams tend to disappoint people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dreams help people live life to the fullest. 12. Exultingly means A) Reverently. B) Excessively. C) Joyfully. D) Mercifully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joyfully. 13. Mr. Hughes was a writer for a magazine that was affiliated with NAACP. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. The space between a person's clothing and chest. A) Pocket. B) Bosom. C) Necklace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bosom. 15. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" , Langston uses all the following rivers as examples except ..... A) Amazon. B) Congo. C) Nile. D) Mississippi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amazon. 16. How does the poem 'Berry' by Langston Hughes challenge traditional ideas of strength and resilience? A) By ignoring the struggles and hardships faced by the African American community. B) By portraying the resilience of the African American community in the face of oppression and hardship. C) By depicting the weakness and fragility of the African American community. D) By promoting the idea that strength and resilience are not important. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By portraying the resilience of the African American community in the face of oppression and hardship. 17. What was the name of the row of houses in Harlem that were among the first built? A) Astor Row. B) Carnegie Row. C) Asphalt Row. D) Irish Row. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astor Row. 18. Language:There is repetition 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. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What is Main Idea? A) The message of a text. B) What a text is mostly about. C) Why the author writes something. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What a text is mostly about. 20. "They send me to eat in the kitchen. When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong." These lines from the poem are an example of- A) Personification. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesLangston Hughes Quiz 1Langston Hughes Quiz 2Langston Hughes Quiz 3Langston Hughes Quiz 5Langston Hughes Quiz 6Langston Hughes Quiz 7Langston Hughes Quiz 8Langston Hughes Quiz 9Langston Hughes Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books