This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Langston Hughes > Langston Hughes – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Langston Hughes Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The officially recognized or chief poet of a nation A) Jazz poetry. B) Acclaim. C) Poet Laureate. D) Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poet Laureate. 2. Langston Hughes work was important to the ..... A) Cotton Club. B) Reformation. C) Harlem Globetrotters. D) Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harlem Renaissance. 3. What is the most likely purpose of the personification in line 3 in "Words Like Freedom" ? A) To explain the speaker's actions. B) To express the speaker's feelings. C) To emphasize the speaker's goals. D) To describe the speaker's experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To express the speaker's feelings. 4. Who was the poet/writer of "I Dream a World" ? A) William Shakespeare. B) Langston Hughes. C) Robert Frost. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Langston Hughes. 5. In the story Thank you M'am, what was the reply of Mrs. Jones when Roger asks, "You gonna take me to jail?" A) "If I turn you loose, will you run?". B) "Now ain't you ashamed of yourself?". C) "Not with that face, I would not take you nowhere.". D) "You ought to be my son, I would teach you right from wrong!". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Not with that face, I would not take you nowhere.". 6. Why does Roger try to steal the purse? A) To get money for food. B) To get money to buy some blue suede shoes. C) To show how tough he is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To get money to buy some blue suede shoes. 7. "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." Crystal stair is a metaphor for what? A) A transparent staircase. B) The difficult journey it took for African Americans to improve their lives while facing racism. C) White Americans facing difficulties. D) Black mothers struggling to make ends meet during the Prohibition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The difficult journey it took for African Americans to improve their lives while facing racism. 8. What was Langston Hughes' first poem? A) "The Negro Speaks of Rivers". B) "The Negro Founding Theaters". C) "Crisis". D) "Not Without Laughter". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The Negro Speaks of Rivers". 9. What can the reader conclude about Roger and his actions at the end of the story? A) He is excited about being able to buy his new shoes. B) He will try to pay the ten dollars back ti Ms. Jones. C) He resents the attitude that Ms. Jones displayed toward him. D) He will never forget the kindness Ms. Jones showed him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He will never forget the kindness Ms. Jones showed him. 10. The extended metaphor of life being compared to a staircase helps the reader ..... A) Feel sorry for the struggling mother. B) Want a better life for the speaker's son. C) Understand that the speaker's life has been a constant struggle. D) Realize that the speaker feels as if her life will never get any better. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understand that the speaker's life has been a constant struggle. 11. Opportunities A) Good enough to make someone comfortable. B) A chance to succeed in life. C) The acheivement of an aim or purpose. D) To work toward something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A chance to succeed in life. 12. The speaker's tone in "I, Too" is these two feelings. A) Contempt and disdain. B) Proud of identity. C) Pride and defiance. D) Laughter and happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pride and defiance. 13. Why might the speaker of the poem compare life to a staircase? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 14. Concerned A) Sadly and quietly. B) Showing worry. C) Unwilling to change. D) A chance to succeed in life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Showing worry. 15. What are the two things being compared in this simile from the poem? "Maybe it sags like a heavy load." A) Hopes and wishes to a heavy load. B) A heavy box and your nightmares. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hopes and wishes to a heavy load. 16. Which of the following is the best word for the tone of this story? A) Solemn/Serious. B) Suspicious / Dubious. C) Passionate / Energetic. D) Appreciative / Grateful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appreciative / Grateful. 17. Make an inference about why the speaker is giving this message to her son: A) She wants him to work harder on repairing the stairs. B) She is reminding him that we all have to obey the rules. C) She is instructing him to continue trying even when life is difficult. D) She wants him to love his family more. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is instructing him to continue trying even when life is difficult. 18. From "A Voice", which of the following is an example of a simile? A) Their eyes also unrelenting. B) He walked slow / as a hot river. C) You liked writing speeches. D) Country he floated to in the dark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He walked slow / as a hot river. 19. Mrs. Jones ..... A) Lives with her family. B) Never goes out at night. C) Had known Roger for many years. D) Works in a beauty shop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Works in a beauty shop. 20. What did Langston 1st major in? A) Writing. B) Law. C) Engineering. D) Mathematics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Engineering. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesLangston Hughes Quiz 1Langston Hughes Quiz 2Langston Hughes Quiz 3Langston Hughes Quiz 4Langston Hughes Quiz 5Langston Hughes Quiz 7Langston Hughes Quiz 8Langston Hughes Quiz 9Langston Hughes Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books