I Too Sing America

What is the subject of "I, Too" by Langston Hughes?

• A hungry African American

• Slaves

• Someone who wants equality

• A kitchen remodel

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

• The plantation owner

• The slaves

• The "darker brother"

• The parents of Langston Hughes

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What does America represent in the first stanza?

"I, too, sing America"

• Choir

• The future

• Equal rights

• Segregation

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What is the tone of the poem, "I, Too"?

• Hopeful

• Joyful

• Angry

• Sad

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Read the lines from Langston Hughes’s poem "I, Too, Sing America." Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table When company comes. The lines promoted social change in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century because they spoke about

• African Americans working as servants.

• parties hosted by European Americans.

• European Americans’ views of African Americans.

• equal rights for African Americans.

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What does America represent in the first stanza?  
"I, too, sing America"

• Choir

• The future

• Equal rights

• Freedom

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Which is an example of repetition?

• "I, too, sing America" and "I, too, am America"

• "Besides" and "And be ashamed"

• "I am the darker brother" and "I, too, am America"

• "Tomorrow" and "Then"

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What does "Tomorrow" symbolize in the second stanza?
Tomorrow, 
I'll be at the table 
When company comes.

• Choir

• The future

• Equal rights

• Freedom

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Who wrote the poem 'I, Too'?

• Emily Dickinson

• Maya Angelou

• Robert Frost

• Langston Hughes

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What does the phrase 'I, too, sing America' symbolize in the poem?

• The phrase symbolizes the speaker's indifference towards their American identity and their lack of desire to be recognized in the American experience.

• The phrase symbolizes the speaker's confusion about their American identity and their uncertainty about being included in the American experience.

• The phrase symbolizes the speaker's assertion of their identity as an American and their desire to be recognized and included in the American experience.

• The phrase symbolizes the speaker's rejection of their American identity and their desire to be excluded from the American experience.

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