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Langston

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was Langston Hughes born?

a)

Feb. 1st, 1902

b)

Jan. 17th, 1892

c)

Feb. 1st, 1907

d)

March 9th, 1918

2.

When did the Harlem Renaissance start?

a)

1907

b)

1921

c)

1897

d)

1932

3.

What college did Langston 1st attend?

a)

Spellman

b)

Columbia

c)

Lincoln

d)

Oxford

4.

What was Langston's 1st major published poem?

a)

The Negro Speaks of Rivers

b)

The Negro Speaks of Fear

c)

The Negro Speaks of Days

d)

The Negro Speaks of Roads

5.

Where was Langston Hughes born?

a)

Joplin, California

b)

Maryland

c)

Chicage

d)

Joplin, Missouri

6.

How many poems did Langston Hughes write?

a)

11

b)

12

c)

4

d)

16

7.
Which is an example of repetition?
a)
"I, too, sing America" and "I, too, am America"
b)
"Besides" and "And be ashamed"
c)
"I am the darker brother" and "I, too, am America"
d)
"Tomorrow" and "Then"
8.
In which line do you know the speaker feels proud?
a)
"And be ashamed"
b)
"Eat in the kitchen"
c)
"They'll see how beautiful I am"
d)
"Say to me"
9.
What does the kitchen symbolize?
"They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes"
a)
The future
b)
Segregation
c)
Hunger
d)
The future
10.
What is the subject of "I, Too" by Langston Hughes?
a)
A hungry African American
b)
Slaves
c)
Someone who wants equality
d)
A kitchen remodel
11.

Who wrote "I Hear America Singing?"

a)

Walt Whitman

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Harriet Jacobs

12.

"Nobody'll dare say to me, 'Eat in the kitchen,' then."

The speaker's tone seems ___.

a)

bold

b)

defiant

c)

angry

d)

unjustified

13.
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
a)
free verse
b)
jazz poetry
c)
Poet Laureate
d)
defer
14.

What was one of his jobs before being a poet?

a)

A politician

b)

A bus boy

c)

A head cook

d)

a slave

15.

Hughes ONLY wrote poetry

a)

Yes

b)

No

16.

When did Langston Hughes die?

a)

May 22, 1967

b)

May 20, 1964

c)

May 23, 1945

d)

May 30, 1968

17.
Was Langston Hughes married?
a)
Yes 
b)
No
c)
Divorced
18.
Who is the speaker of the poem, "I, Too"?
a)
The plantation owner
b)
The slaves
c)
The "darker brother"
d)
The parents of Langston Hughes
19.

True Or False? Langston is his first name

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What is Our Names?

a)

Grace Busayo Ogunpowale

b)

Kayla Jackson

c)

Grace Ogunbowale

d)

Kyla Jackson

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