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Harlem by Langston Hughes

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Question 1 60 seconds
Q. What is a "dream deferred"?
answer choices
a dream that is delayed
a dream that one has to pursue on their own
a dream that doesn't come true
a dream that can only happen with support from family
Question 2 60 seconds
Q. Which of the following lines is an example of imagery?
answer choices
"And then run?"
"Or does it explode?"
"Or crust and sugar over"
"Does it stink like rotten meat?"
Question 3 60 seconds
Q. What is the meaning of the word 'fester' in the following line:

"Or fester like a sore--"

answer choices
to get larger
to become infected
to rot
to heal
Question 4 60 seconds
Q. What is the author's tone throughout the poem?
answer choices
sadness
frustration
loving
cheerful
Question 5 60 seconds
Q. Which type of figurative language is represented in the following line:

"Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?"
answer choices
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
allusion
Question 6 30 seconds
Q. What is the following line an example of?

"Maybe it just sags / like a heavy load."

answer choices
simile
imagery
hyperbole
metaphor
Question 7 30 seconds
Q. Why is the poem Harlem significant to the black community?
answer choices
It represented the black view of life in the late 1800s
It represented the postponement of black dreams
It represented the migration of black Americans to Harlem
It represents the fulfillment of black dreams after the Civil War
Question 8 30 seconds
Q. In the poem, the most appropriate synonym for "dream" is?
answer choices
goal
nightmare
memory
fantasy
Question 9 30 seconds
Q. "Harlem" functions as
answer choices
an analogy
an irony
a simile
a symbol
Question 10 30 seconds
Q. The common literary device of the poem is
answer choices
anaphora
metonymy
personification
simile
Question 11 30 seconds
Q. The use of a metaphor in the last line of the poem serves
answer choices
to show that Hughes can use more than one poetic device to make his point
to create a sense of uncertainty because the content of explosion is unknown
to intensify the message because if compliments the first stanza
both a and b
Question 12 30 seconds
Q. Line 9 and 10 appeal to
answer choices
the sense of sight
the sense of sound
the sense of touch
both a and b
Question 13 30 seconds
Q. The function of line 11 in relation to line 1 is
answer choices
to frame the poem
to provide variety in poetic devices
to provide the most dramatic answer to the questions
to answer a question with a question
to echo line 1
Question 14 30 seconds
Q. The poet reveals the speaker's feelings mainly by?
answer choices
Using personification to show the characteristics of a dream
Using metaphors to describe what happens to dreams
Using similes to describe what happens to dreams
None of the above
Question 15 30 seconds
Q. The repetition of the word "like" emphasizes the speakers desire to?
answer choices
Find out what happens to dreams
Understand what a dream is
See how dreams disappear
Both A and B
Question 16 30 seconds
Q. Which line best communicates the speaker's feeling of what happens to a dream deferred
answer choices
does it dry up
May be it just sag
or fester like a sore
all of the above
Question 17 30 seconds
Q. The poet helps the reader understand how it felt to.....
answer choices
Forget about a dream
run away from a dream
be a dried up raisin
have a dream
Question 18 30 seconds
Q. Based on the first stanza, the reader can conclude that the speaker....
answer choices
hates having dream
is curious of what happens to dreams
 remembers all his dreams
all of the above
Question 19 30 seconds
Q. dividing the poem into 3 stanzas allows the poet to-
answer choices
establish the message of the poem clearly
look cool
make stanzas so it's considered a poem
all of the above
Question 20 30 seconds Report an issue
Q. The imagery in lines 1 through 8 helps the reader understand-
answer choices
what the reader thinks happens to a dream deferred
what dreams do
what a dream looks like
all of the above

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Harlem by Langston Hughes

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20 questions
 PREVIEW
 SHOW ANSWERS

 Question 1

 60 seconds

Q. 

What is a "dream deferred"?

answer choices

a dream that is delayed

a dream that one has to pursue on their own

a dream that doesn't come true

a dream that can only happen with support from family


 Question 2

 60 seconds

Q. 

Which of the following lines is an example of imagery?

answer choices

"And then run?"

"Or does it explode?"

"Or crust and sugar over"

"Does it stink like rotten meat?"


 Question 3

 60 seconds

Q. 

What is the meaning of the word 'fester' in the following line:



 "Or fester like a sore--"

answer choices

to get larger

to become infected

to rot

to heal


 Question 4

 60 seconds

Q. 

What is the author's tone throughout the poem?

answer choices

sadness

frustration

loving

cheerful


 Question 5

 60 seconds

Q. 

Which type of figurative language is represented in the following line:


"Does it dry up

like a raisin in the sun?"

answer choices

hyperbole

metaphor

simile

allusion


 Question 6

 30 seconds

Q. 

What is the following line an example of?



"Maybe it just sags / like a heavy load."

answer choices

simile

imagery

hyperbole

metaphor


 Question 7

 30 seconds

Q. 

Why is the poem Harlem significant to the black community?

answer choices

It represented the black view of life in the late 1800s

It represented the postponement of black dreams

It represented the migration of black Americans to Harlem

It represents the fulfillment of black dreams after the Civil War


 Question 8

 30 seconds

Q. 

In the poem, the most appropriate synonym for "dream" is?

answer choices

goal

nightmare

memory

fantasy


 Question 9

 30 seconds

Q. 

"Harlem" functions as

answer choices

an analogy

an irony

a simile

a symbol


 Question 10

 30 seconds

Q. 

The common literary device of the poem is

answer choices

anaphora

metonymy

personification

simile


 Question 11

 30 seconds

Q. 

The use of a metaphor in the last line of the poem serves

answer choices

to show that Hughes can use more than one poetic device to make his point

to create a sense of uncertainty because the content of explosion is unknown

to intensify the message because if compliments the first stanza

both a and b


 Question 12

 30 seconds

Q. 

Line 9 and 10 appeal to

answer choices

the sense of sight

the sense of sound

the sense of touch

both a and b


 Question 13

 30 seconds

Q. 

The function of line 11 in relation to line 1 is

answer choices

to frame the poem

to provide variety in poetic devices

to provide the most dramatic answer to the questions

to answer a question with a question

to echo line 1


 Question 14

 30 seconds

Q. 

The poet reveals the speaker's feelings mainly by?

answer choices

Using personification to show the characteristics of a dream

Using metaphors to describe what happens to dreams

Using similes to describe what happens to dreams

None of the above


 Question 15

 30 seconds

Q. 

The repetition of the word "like" emphasizes the speakers desire to?

answer choices

Find out what happens to dreams

Understand what a dream is

See how dreams disappear

Both A and B


 Question 16

 30 seconds

Q. 

Which line best communicates the speaker's feeling of what happens to a dream deferred

answer choices

does it dry up

May be it just sag

or fester like a sore

all of the above


 Question 17

 30 seconds

Q. 

The poet helps the reader understand how it felt to.....

answer choices

Forget about a dream

run away from a dream

be a dried up raisin

have a dream


 Question 18

 30 seconds

Q. 

Based on the first stanza, the reader can conclude that the speaker....

answer choices

hates having dream

is curious of what happens to dreams

remembers all his dreams

all of the above


 Question 19

 30 seconds

Q. 

dividing the poem into 3 stanzas allows the poet to-

answer choices

establish the message of the poem clearly

look cool

make stanzas so it's considered a poem

all of the above


 Question 20

 30 seconds

 Report an issue

Q. 

The imagery in lines 1 through 8 helps the reader understand-

answer choices

what the reader thinks happens to a dream deferred

what dreams do

what a dream looks like

all of the above
