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