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

deferred

exploded
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 burden

a heavy sack

a heavy cloud

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

explodes

stinks like rotten meat

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

Madison Avenue

Frederick Douglass Avenue

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

sad

funny

angry
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...
fallen in love

never gotten sick

made money

died
9 At the end of "The Weary Blues," the musician goes home to
play more music

eat

sleep

watch TV
10 In "Dreams," the speaker tells his readers to _________ dreams.
hold fast to

ignore

explode their

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

one-winged butterfly

evaporated cloud

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

a dried riverbed

a barren field

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

road

journey

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

splinters

tacks

cracks
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
sitting down

still climbing

standing still

giving up on climbing
17 In "Mother to Son," the mother's tone is best described as
fearful

indifferent

harsh

kind and firm
18 In "I, Too," the speaker claism that he sings
Harlem

Brooklyn

New York

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

in his room

at the table

outside
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 his room

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

hurt him

insult him

tell him to eat in the kitchen
23 In "I, Too," the speaker claims that tomorrow, everyone will see how _______ he is
tall

noble

strong

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

ancient

beautiful

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

soul

life

heart