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