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