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Langston Hughes - Exam
  • 1. When was Langston Hughes born?
A) 1920
B) 1902
C) 1910
D) 1940
  • 2. What is Langston Hughes best known for?
A) Cooking
B) Dance
C) Painting
D) Poetry
  • 3. In which city was Langston Hughes born?
A) Chicago, Illinois
B) Joplin, Missouri
C) Los Angeles, California
D) New York City, New York
  • 4. Langston Hughes was a leading figure of which literary movement?
A) Postmodernism
B) Romanticism
C) Harlem Renaissance
D) Beat Generation
  • 5. Langston Hughes was a pioneer in which literary form?
A) Romantic Poetry
B) Jazz Poetry
C) Horror Fiction
D) Science Fiction
  • 6. Which famous musician collaborations with Langston Hughes on the songbook 'Shakespeare in Harlem'?
A) Duke Ellington
B) Louis Armstrong
C) Nat King Cole
D) Ella Fitzgerald
  • 7. Langston Hughes was awarded the Spingarn Medal by which organization?
A) Amnesty International
B) Greenpeace
C) UNICEF
D) NAACP
  • 8. What was Langston Hughes's father's occupation?
A) Teacher
B) Farmer
C) Doctor
D) Lawyer
  • 9. What university did Langston Hughes attend?
A) Stanford University
B) Harvard University
C) Yale University
D) Columbia University
  • 10. Langston Hughes's first book of poetry was titled:
A) A Raisin in the Sun
B) The Weary Blues
C) Native Son
D) Invisible Man
  • 11. Langston Hughes spent a significant amount of his childhood in which city?
A) Lawrence, Kansas
B) Detroit, Michigan
C) Atlanta, Georgia
D) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 12. Langston Hughes's first collection of poems was published in what year?
A) 1926
B) 1950
C) 1935
D) 1910
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