I've Known Rivers Poem

What is the subject of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes?

• A  traveler
• Someone who is reflecting on life
• Someone who likes rivers
• Bathing in the Euphrates

Who is the speaker of the poem, "I, Too"?

• The plantation owner
• The slaves
• An older man who is close to death
• The parents of Langston Hughes

What do "rivers" represent in the first stanza?  
I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in veins.

• Water
• Blood
• Life lessons
• Freedom

What does the sunset symbolize?
"I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset"

• The future
• Death
• Life
• The future

What does the word "lulled" mean?
"I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep"

• woke
• calmed
• ate
• old

What is the tone of the poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"?

• Hopeful
• Joyful
• Angry
• Reflective on  life

What is the theme of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"?

• By knowing where you come from, you will learn life lessons
• Play in the river
• Travel to the Euphrates River
• The Mississippi River is best for reflecting

Which is an example of repetition?

• "I bathed in the Euphrates"
  "I built my hut near the Congo"
  "I looked upon the Nile"
• "I've known rivers:" and "ancient, dusky rivers"

What is a synonym for "dusky" as it is used in this poem?

• sunset
• murky
• clear
• old

What is a synonym for "ashamed"?

• Deeply embarrassed 
• Excited
• Hopeful
• Old