Langston Hughes was a popular African American poet and leader in the ------ during the 1920s.
A. Local Color Movement
B. Realism Period
C. Harlem Renaissance
What is: C, The Harlem Renaissance.
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Most of Willa Cather's writing centered around what part of the country?
Southwest, Northwest, Midwest, Southeast
What is: Midwest. Growing up there gave her much knowledge about the area and the people.
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In what midwestern state was F. Scott Fitzgerald born?
A. Illinois
B. Iowa
C. Minnesota
D. Wisconsin
What is: C, F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Robert Frost was often called what?
A. The Poet of New England
B. Bobby Ice
What is: A, The Poet of New England. Even though he was born in San Francisco, after his father dies when he was 10, his mother moved the family to New Hampshire.
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Carl Sandburg uses "onomatopoeia" This is what?
A. using a word to imitate a sound
B. poetry that doesn't have a strict pattern or line length
C. using a rhyme scheme
What is: A, using a word to imitate a sound.
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What midwestern state was Langston Hughes born in?
What is: Missouri. Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri.
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Cather's first successful novels were about her early life in what Midwestern state?
Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Indiana
What is: Nebraska
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The Freshest Boy, is what type of writing?
A. Semiautobiography
B. Fiction
C. Poem
D. Autobiography
What is: A, it is written as a semiautobiography, written based on his life, but some events have been changed.
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Robert Frost used "end rhymes" in many of his poems. What is an "end rhyme?"
What is "a poem in which the last words of 2 lines rhyme with one another.
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Name 2 instruments used in "Jazz Fantasia"
What is: "Drums, banjos, trombones, saxophones, horns, tin cans, and/or traps"
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Langston Hughes published his first book, The Weary Blues, in the late 1920s. What was the year?
What is: 1926.
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The main character from The Sculptor's Funeral was who?
A. Henry Stevens
B. Harvey Merrick
C. the baggage man
D. brother Elder
What is: B, Harvey Merrick
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In The Freshest Boy, Basil tries to hide some things going on in his life from his mother. What is he hiding?
What is "Basil hates life at St. Regis, many of the students and teachers aren't nice to him."
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What are the neighbors doing in the poem "Mending Wall?"
What is "They are meeting to repair a wall.
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Name a historical figure from the Civil War or Early 1600s America that is mentioned in "Cool Tombs."
What is: "Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S Grant, or Pocahontas"
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The particular Langston Hughes piece from our text, Theme for English B, was written in what style?
A. Short Story
B. Free Verse Poem
C. Essay
What is: B, Free Verse Poem. This is because it does not have a fixed rhyme or line length.
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In THe Sculptor's Funeral, what bad things do people say about Merrick?
What is: He wasted too much time looking at sunsets, he was not a healthy person, he drank too much.
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In The Freshest Boy, who ends up going to New York with Basil after the boys he asks refuse?
A. Brick Wales, the basketball player
B. Mr. Rooney, the football coach/history teacher
C. Basil doesn't go
What is: B, Mr. Rooney goes with Basil to New York.
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In "A Time To Talk" who calls the poet from the road?
What is: "a friend"
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In "Jazz Fantasia" the phrase 'Go to it, O Jazzman' is repeated. What does it mean?
What is: "keep playing your music"
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In the poem, Theme for English B, what emotions does the poet feel?
What is: Lonely, Independent, Appreciative of simple elements of life, sensitive about his race, and aware of many other people and ideas.
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In The Sculptor's Funeral, what kind of person is Merrick's mother?
What is: she is independent and assertive.
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Why is the story titled The Freshest Boy?
What is "Because Basil is referred to as "fresh" or a new student who is not accepted or who is rude.
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In "Fire and Ice" why does the poet 'favor fire?'
What is: "Because fire is related to desire or love. It is very strong and difficult for people to overcome.
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What is the poem "Cool Tombs" about?
What is "that when people dies, they forget about their lives and the problems they faced."