Langston Hughes: Poems Quizzes

Langston Hughes: Poems Quiz 1

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

lost

exploded

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

raisin

licorice

sugary crust
3 In "Harlem," the speaker wonders if a deferred dream sags like
a heavy load

a heavy sack

a heavy burden

a heavy cloud
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
Lenox Avenue

Frederick Douglass Avenue

Park Avenue

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

sad

angry

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

sickness

imminent death

lack of money
8 In "The Weary Blues," the musician wishes he had...
never gotten sick

fallen in love

made money

died
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.
explode their

ignore

create

hold fast to
11 In "Dreams," the speaker compares a life without dreams to a
wilted flower

evaporated cloud

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 flower

a dried riverbed

a dead tree
13 In "Mother to Son," the mother compares her life to a
journey

road

river

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

cracks

torn up boards

tacks
15 In "Mother to Son," the mother tells her son
to not fall in love

to make more money

not to give up

to be more carefree
16 In "Mother to Son," the mother says she is
giving up on climbing

standing still

still climbing

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

kind and firm

indifferent

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

America

Harlem

New York
19 At the beginning of "I, Too," the speaker has to eat in
at the table

the kitchen

outside

in his room
20 In "I, Too," the speaker does all of the following when company comes EXCEPT
eats well

grows strong

laughes

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

at the table

in his room

in the kitchen
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

beautiful

tall

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

rushing

ancient

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

mind

life

heart

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