Langston Hughes: Poems Quizzes

Langston Hughes: Poems Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne · Edited by A. Boghani · Last reviewed February 08, 2014

1 In "Harlem," the first question the speaker asks is: "What happens to a dream...

hidden

lost

deferred

exploded
2 In "Harlem," the speaker mentions all of the following food-related images to make his point except

licorice

sugary crust

rotten meat

raisin
3 In "Harlem," the speaker wonders if a deferred dream sags like

a heavy cloud

a heavy burden

a heavy sack

a heavy load
4 In "Harlem," the last question the speaker asks is whether or not the dream

explodes

crusts over

stinks like rotten meat

dries up
5 In "The Weary Blues," the musician is playing on

Frederick Douglass Avenue

Park Avenue

Lenox Avenue

Madison Avenue
6 In "The Weary Blues," the musician's tune is

funny

angry

sad

happy
7 In "The Weary Blues," the musician laments his

imminent death

loneliness

lack of money

sickness
8 In "The Weary Blues," the musician wishes he had...

died

fallen in love

made money

never gotten sick
9 At the end of "The Weary Blues," the musician goes home to

watch TV

play more music

eat

sleep
10 In "Dreams," the speaker tells his readers to _________ dreams.

create

ignore

hold fast to

explode their
11 In "Dreams," the speaker compares a life without dreams to a

one-winged butterfly

wilted flower

broken-winged bird

evaporated cloud
12 In "Dreams," the speaker claims that when dreams are gone, life is like

a dead tree

a barren field

a dead flower

a dried riverbed
13 In "Mother to Son," the mother compares her life to a

journey

road

staircase

river
14 In "Mother to Son," the stair has all of the following flaws EXCEPT

splinters

torn up boards

cracks

tacks
15 In "Mother to Son," the mother tells her son

to be more carefree

to not fall in love

to make more money

not to give up
16 In "Mother to Son," the mother says she is

giving up on climbing

still climbing

standing still

sitting down
17 In "Mother to Son," the mother's tone is best described as

kind and firm

fearful

harsh

indifferent
18 In "I, Too," the speaker claism that he sings

Harlem

New York

America

Brooklyn
19 At the beginning of "I, Too," the speaker has to eat in

in his room

the kitchen

outside

at the table
20 In "I, Too," the speaker does all of the following when company comes EXCEPT

grows strong

cries

eats well

laughes
21 In "I, Too," the speaker proclaims that tomorrow he will eat

outside

at the table

in the kitchen

in his room
22 In "I, Too," the speaker says that tomorrow, no one will dare to

hurt him

insult him

tell him to eat in the kitchen

throw him out
23 In "I, Too," the speaker claims that tomorrow, everyone will see how _______ he is

noble

beautiful

strong

tall
24 In "Negro Speaks of Rivers," the speaker says he has known ______ rivers

dignified

rushing

ancient

beautiful
25 In "Negro Speaks of Rivers," the speaker says his ________ has grown deep like the rivers.

life

heart

mind

soul