Aunt Sue’s Stories Quizzes

Aunt Sue's Stories Quiz

1 What is Langston Hughes’s full name?
James Mercer Langston Hughes

James Mitchell Langston Hughes

John Mercedes Langston Hughes

John Michael Langston Hughes
2 Who is the titular character in “Aunt Sue’s Stories” allegedly based on?
Hughes’s mother

Hughes’s Aunt Sue

Hughes’s grandmother Mary Leary Hughes

Hughes’s Aunt Mary Leary Hughes
3 Who was the editor of The Crisis when “Aunt Sue’s Stories” was published in it?
Langston Hughes

James Baldwin

W.E.B. Du Bois

Zora Neale Hurston
4 What poetry collection was “Aunt Sue’s Stories” a part of?
Mother to Son

I, Too

The Weary Blues

Fine Clothes of the Jew
5 When was “Aunt Sue’s Stories” published?
1921

1930

1943

1925
6 What was Langston Hughes’s first published poem?
"Aunt Sue’s Stories"

"The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

"Harlem"

"I, Too"
7 Which line from “Aunt Sue’s Stories” does not have alliteration?
Singing sorrow songs on the banks of a mighty river

Listening to Aunt Sue’s stories.

The dark-faced child is quiet

Aunt Sue has a head full of stories.
8 Which is a theme of “Aunt Sue’s Stories”?
Romance

Heritage

Infidelity

Death
9 Finish the line: “In the flow of Aunt Sue’s voice, / Mingle themselves ___”
softly

calmly

gently

quietly
10 How is the child in “Aunt Sue’s Stories” described?
Brown-faced and solemn-faced

Dark-faced and brown-faced

Brown-faced and stone-faced

Dark-faced and pale-faced
11 When does the poem take place?
Spring

Fall

Summer

Winter
12 Where does Aunt Sue tell her stories at the beginning of the poem?
In the field

On the front porch

In bed

At the dinner table
13 What does the river represent in Hughes’s work?
Prosperity and wealth

The flow of time and the passing down of African American heritage

The flow of time and constant change

Unseen forces that humans cannot control
14 What is polysyndeton?
A flow of consciousness that is not interrupted by punctuation

A type of anaphora

Multiple types of syntaxes in a text

Excessive commas in a sentence
15 What line marks a shift in tone in the poem?
“Black slaves”

“Summer nights on the front porch”

“In the dark shadows that cross and recross”

“Walking in the dewy night,”
16 What tense if the last line of the poem in? (“Listening to Aunt Sue’s stories.”)
Present tense

Present progressive tense

Present perfect tense

Past tense
17 Which literary device is NOT used in “Aunt Sue’s Stories”?
Repetition

Metaphor

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia
18 Langston Hughes is descended from …
Pianists

Abolitionists

Literary critics

Botanists
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”?
Villanelle

Sonnet

Free verse

Elegy
21 In the first stanza, the repetition of the name “Aunt Sue” is an example of:
Simile

Oxymoron

Anaphora

Alliteration
22 Where do Aunt Sue’s stories come from?
Her life experiences

Greek mythology

Fairytale books

Contemporary literature
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Nostalgic

Optimistic

Cynical

Mournful
24 Who does Aunt Sue hold to her bosom at the beginning of the poem?
The brown-faced child

A new-born child

Her son

The Black slaves
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

Aunt Sue’s Stories Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for Aunt Sue’s Stories is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Ask Your Own Question

Study Guide for Aunt Sue’s Stories

Aunt Sue's Stories study guide contains a biography of Langston Hughes, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for Aunt Sue’s Stories…