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Langston Hughes: Critical Analysis Poetry Questions
Langston Hughes: Critical Analysis Poetry Questions
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A quiz that will aid students in developing a clear understanding of poetry analysis #poetry
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1
What is Hughes' larger dream apart from the poem?
To no longer have African-Americans be marginalised
To stop being exploited mentally and physically
To be able to find joy in the tasks he is given
To be allowed to express himself
2
What irony is expressed in the quote, "Night coming tenderly, black like me"
Dramatic
Situational
Verbal
3
How does Hughes flip the normal definition : white meaning purity and black meaning degradation
White is associated with energetic and black with tireness
He associates white with happiness and black with sadness
He associates white with daytime and black with night-time
He actually does not flip the definition
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What type of poem is Dream Variations by Langston Hughes?
Nonchalant free verse
Nostalgic lyric
Carefree ballad
Happy limerick
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Throughout Hughes purposely uses simple language, what inferences does this lead the reader to?
The speaker wants to portray an androgynous quality
The speaker wants the poem to be ambiguous
The speaker is meant to be childlike and innocent
The speaker wants the poem to be understood easily
