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Question 1

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When did he publish his first poem?
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  • He published "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", his first poem ,in 1921
  • He published "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", his first poem, in 1918
  • He published "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", his first poem ,in 1925

Question 2

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His father was happy that he would become a writer
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  • True
  • False

Question 3

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What did Hughes express in his poems?
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  • He expressed the love for his wife
  • He expressed the hate for White people
  • He expressed the suffering and the struggle of his people for equal rights

Question 4

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James Longston Hughes was proud to be Black
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  • True
  • False

Question 5

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In I,too,sing America,where was he sent when the company came?
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  • He was sent in the garden
  • He was sent in the kitchen
  • He was sent in the guests room

Question 6

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He used the rhythms of African -American music, particularly blues and jazz
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  • True
  • False

Question 7

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What did he do after high school ?
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  • He became a jazz singer
  • He got married
  • He spent the following year in Mexico with his father.

Question 8

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His father wanted him to become an engineer
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  • True
  • False

Question 9

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Langston Hughes was the author of numerous poems collected in "Poetry Collections". Which of these collections was the first to be published?
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  • "The Weary Blues"
  • "Fine Clothes to the Jew"
  • "Let America Be America Again"

Question 10

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He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called "Jazz poetry"
Answer
  • True
  • False
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