I Too Sing America

In which year was the poem 'I, Too' published?

• 1935

• 1910

• 1950

• 1926

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Which movement is associated with the poem 'I, Too'?

• Harlem Renaissance

• Dadaism

• Surrealism

• Transcendentalism

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Which literary device is used in the line 'I am the darker brother'?

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

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From the poem I, Too, Sing America, what is the most likely reason the author uses the word “sing” in the title of the poem?

• To show that the speaker views himself as an historian in America

• To show that the speaker views himself as a legitimate voice in America

• To show that the speaker views himself as a singer to be heard in America

• To show that the speaker views himself as confessing to a misdeed in America

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From the poem I, Too, Sing America, which of the following lines from the poem best shows a distinction the speaker makes about himself?

• “I am the darker brother.”

• “When company comes,”

• “Nobody’ll dare”

• “I, too, am America.”

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From the poem I, Too, Sing America, which inference can be most likely made about the speaker of the poem?

• He feels sympathy.

• He is confident.

• He feels generous.

• He is fearful.

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From the poem I, Too, Sing America, which line from the poem most strongly supports the answer to Question 3?

• “They send me to eat in the kitchen”

• “And eat well,”

• “They’ll see how beautiful I am”

• “And be ashamed”

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From the poem I, Too, Sing America, which two lines from the following best show the change in the narrator that occurs between Stanza 1 and Stanza 2

• “And eat well” AND “They send me to eat in the kitchen”

• “Say to me” AND “I’ll be at the table”

• “They send me to eat in the kitchen” AND “I’ll be at the table”

• “And eat well” AND “Say to me”

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What is the main theme of the poem 'I, Too'?

• Racial equality

• Economic prosperity

• Technological advancement

• Environmental conservation

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Who is the author of the poem 'I, Too'?

• Langston Hughes

• Robert Frost

• Emily Dickinson

• Walt Whitman

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