1 What is Langston Hughes’s full name? John Mercedes Langston Hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes James Mitchell Langston Hughes John Michael Langston Hughes 2 Who is the titular character in “Aunt Sue’s Stories” allegedly based on? Hughes’s grandmother Mary Leary Hughes Hughes’s Aunt Sue Hughes’s Aunt Mary Leary Hughes Hughes’s mother 3 Who was the editor of The Crisis when “Aunt Sue’s Stories” was published in it? Zora Neale Hurston W.E.B. Du Bois Langston Hughes James Baldwin 4 What poetry collection was “Aunt Sue’s Stories” a part of? Mother to Son The Weary Blues I, Too Fine Clothes of the Jew 5 When was “Aunt Sue’s Stories” published? 1921 1930 1943 1925 6 What was Langston Hughes’s first published poem? "Aunt Sue’s Stories" "I, Too" "Harlem" "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" 7 Which line from “Aunt Sue’s Stories” does not have alliteration? Singing sorrow songs on the banks of a mighty river Aunt Sue has a head full of stories. The dark-faced child is quiet Listening to Aunt Sue’s stories. 8 Which is a theme of “Aunt Sue’s Stories”? Heritage Romance Death Infidelity 9 Finish the line: “In the flow of Aunt Sue’s voice, / Mingle themselves ___” quietly softly gently calmly 10 How is the child in “Aunt Sue’s Stories” described? Brown-faced and stone-faced Dark-faced and brown-faced Brown-faced and solemn-faced Dark-faced and pale-faced 11 When does the poem take place? Spring Fall Summer Winter 12 Where does Aunt Sue tell her stories at the beginning of the poem? In bed In the field On the front porch At the dinner table 13 What does the river represent in Hughes’s work? Prosperity and wealth Unseen forces that humans cannot control The flow of time and constant change The flow of time and the passing down of African American heritage 14 What is polysyndeton? Multiple types of syntaxes in a text Excessive commas in a sentence A type of anaphora A flow of consciousness that is not interrupted by punctuation 15 What line marks a shift in tone in the poem? “Walking in the dewy night,” “Black slaves” “Summer nights on the front porch” “In the dark shadows that cross and recross” 16 What tense if the last line of the poem in? (“Listening to Aunt Sue’s stories.”) Present perfect tense Present progressive tense Present tense Past tense 17 Which literary device is NOT used in “Aunt Sue’s Stories”? Metaphor Alliteration Repetition Onomatopoeia 18 Langston Hughes is descended from … Literary critics Botanists Abolitionists Pianists 19 What arts and cultural movement was Hughes associated with? The Harlem Renaissance The Baroque Period The Enlightenment Era The Gothic Era 20 What is the form of “Aunt Sue’s Stories”? Sonnet Free verse Villanelle Elegy 21 In the first stanza, the repetition of the name “Aunt Sue” is an example of: Alliteration Simile Anaphora Oxymoron 22 Where do Aunt Sue’s stories come from? Greek mythology Contemporary literature Her life experiences Fairytale books 23 What is the tone of the poem? Nostalgic Mournful Cynical Optimistic 24 Who does Aunt Sue hold to her bosom at the beginning of the poem? The Black slaves The brown-faced child A new-born child Her son 25 How does the poem end? The dark-faced child listening to Aunt Sue on a summer night The brown-faced child starts to tell his own story Aunt Sue tucking the brown-faced child into bed The morning sun makes Aunt Sue realize she’s been telling stories all night