Langston Hughes: Poems Quizzes

Langston Hughes: Poems Quiz 1

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

deferred

hidden

exploded
2 In "Harlem," the speaker mentions all of the following food-related images to make his point except
sugary crust

licorice

rotten meat

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

a heavy cloud

a heavy sack

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

stinks like rotten meat

explodes

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

Park Avenue

Frederick Douglass Avenue

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

angry

funny

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

loneliness

sickness

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

made money

died

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

sleep

watch TV

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

ignore

create

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

wilted flower

broken-winged bird

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

a dead tree

a dried riverbed

a barren field
13 In "Mother to Son," the mother compares her life to a
road

journey

river

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

splinters

cracks

torn up boards
15 In "Mother to Son," the mother tells her son
to be more carefree

to make more money

not to give up

to not fall in love
16 In "Mother to Son," the mother says she is
standing still

giving up on climbing

still climbing

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

harsh

kind and firm

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

Harlem

Brooklyn

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

at the table

outside

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

cries

grows strong

laughes
21 In "I, Too," the speaker proclaims that tomorrow he will eat
in his room

at the table

outside

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
noble

beautiful

tall

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

ancient

beautiful

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

mind

heart

life