Langston Hughes: Poems Quizzes

Langston Hughes: Poems Quiz 1

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

lost

hidden

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 cloud

a heavy burden

a heavy sack
4 In "Harlem," the last question the speaker asks is whether or not the dream
crusts over

explodes

stinks like rotten meat

dries up
5 In "The Weary Blues," the musician is playing on
Lenox Avenue

Park Avenue

Frederick Douglass Avenue

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

happy

sad

funny
7 In "The Weary Blues," the musician laments his
sickness

imminent death

lack of money

loneliness
8 In "The Weary Blues," the musician wishes he had...
died

made money

fallen in love

never gotten sick
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.
create

explode their

hold fast to

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

one-winged butterfly

broken-winged bird

evaporated cloud
12 In "Dreams," the speaker claims that when dreams are gone, life is like
a dead flower

a barren field

a dead tree

a dried riverbed
13 In "Mother to Son," the mother compares her life to a
river

staircase

road

journey
14 In "Mother to Son," the stair has all of the following flaws EXCEPT
cracks

splinters

torn up boards

tacks
15 In "Mother to Son," the mother tells her son
to be more carefree

to not fall in love

to make more money

not to give up
16 In "Mother to Son," the mother says she is
still climbing

giving up on climbing

standing still

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

fearful

harsh

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

America

New York

Brooklyn
19 At the beginning of "I, Too," the speaker has to eat in
in his room

at the table

outside

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

laughes

grows strong

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

at the table

outside

in his room
22 In "I, Too," the speaker says that tomorrow, no one will dare to
insult him

hurt him

tell him to eat in the kitchen

throw him out
23 In "I, Too," the speaker claims that tomorrow, everyone will see how _______ he is
tall

strong

noble

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

beautiful

rushing

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

life

soul

heart