Langston Hughes: Poems Quizzes

Langston Hughes: Poems Quiz 1

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

exploded

lost

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

sugary crust

raisin

licorice
3 In "Harlem," the speaker wonders if a deferred dream sags like
a heavy cloud

a heavy load

a heavy sack

a heavy burden
4 In "Harlem," the last question the speaker asks is whether or not the dream
stinks like rotten meat

explodes

dries up

crusts over
5 In "The Weary Blues," the musician is playing on
Frederick Douglass Avenue

Madison Avenue

Park Avenue

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

angry

happy

sad
7 In "The Weary Blues," the musician laments his
lack of money

loneliness

imminent death

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

fallen in love

never gotten sick

died
9 At the end of "The Weary Blues," the musician goes home to
sleep

watch TV

play more music

eat
10 In "Dreams," the speaker tells his readers to _________ dreams.
explode their

hold fast to

ignore

create
11 In "Dreams," the speaker compares a life without dreams to a
evaporated cloud

wilted flower

one-winged butterfly

broken-winged bird
12 In "Dreams," the speaker claims that when dreams are gone, life is like
a barren field

a dead tree

a dead flower

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

road

staircase

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

torn up boards

tacks

splinters
15 In "Mother to Son," the mother tells her son
to be more carefree

not to give up

to not fall in love

to make more money
16 In "Mother to Son," the mother says she is
still climbing

sitting down

giving up on climbing

standing still
17 In "Mother to Son," the mother's tone is best described as
kind and firm

harsh

fearful

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

Brooklyn

Harlem

New York
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
eats well

laughes

grows strong

cries
21 In "I, Too," the speaker proclaims that tomorrow he will eat
at the table

outside

in the kitchen

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

hurt him

tell him to eat in the kitchen

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

tall

noble

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

beautiful

ancient

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

mind

soul

life

What are some literary questions for Langston Hughes poem bad morning.

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Answered by Aslan on 11/30/2018 2:36 AM

Basically the theme has to do with the importance of hoding on to dreams. The speaker advises the reader to hold onto dreams, because if dreams die, life will be like a bird with damaged wings that cannot fly. When dreams go away, life is...

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What is the rising action, climax, resolution, falling action, exposition/ beginning?

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