Aunt Sue’s Stories Quizzes

Aunt Sue's Stories Quiz

1 What is Langston Hughes’s full name?
James Mercer Langston Hughes

James Mitchell Langston Hughes

John Michael Langston Hughes

John Mercedes Langston Hughes
2 Who is the titular character in “Aunt Sue’s Stories” allegedly based on?
Hughes’s Aunt Mary Leary Hughes

Hughes’s grandmother Mary Leary Hughes

Hughes’s Aunt Sue

Hughes’s mother
3 Who was the editor of The Crisis when “Aunt Sue’s Stories” was published in it?
James Baldwin

Langston Hughes

Zora Neale Hurston

W.E.B. Du Bois
4 What poetry collection was “Aunt Sue’s Stories” a part of?
Mother to Son

Fine Clothes of the Jew

The Weary Blues

I, Too
5 When was “Aunt Sue’s Stories” published?
1921

1930

1943

1925
6 What was Langston Hughes’s first published poem?
"Aunt Sue’s Stories"

"Harlem"

"The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

"I, Too"
7 Which line from “Aunt Sue’s Stories” does not have alliteration?
Aunt Sue has a head full of stories.

The dark-faced child is quiet

Listening to Aunt Sue’s stories.

Singing sorrow songs on the banks of a mighty river
8 Which is a theme of “Aunt Sue’s Stories”?
Heritage

Romance

Death

Infidelity
9 Finish the line: “In the flow of Aunt Sue’s voice, / Mingle themselves ___”
quietly

calmly

softly

gently
10 How is the child in “Aunt Sue’s Stories” described?
Brown-faced and solemn-faced

Dark-faced and pale-faced

Dark-faced and brown-faced

Brown-faced and stone-faced
11 When does the poem take place?
Spring

Fall

Summer

Winter
12 Where does Aunt Sue tell her stories at the beginning of the poem?
In the field

At the dinner table

On the front porch

In bed
13 What does the river represent in Hughes’s work?
The flow of time and the passing down of African American heritage

Prosperity and wealth

The flow of time and constant change

Unseen forces that humans cannot control
14 What is polysyndeton?
A type of anaphora

Multiple types of syntaxes in a text

Excessive commas in a sentence

A flow of consciousness that is not interrupted by punctuation
15 What line marks a shift in tone in the poem?
“In the dark shadows that cross and recross”

“Summer nights on the front porch”

“Walking in the dewy night,”

“Black slaves”
16 What tense if the last line of the poem in? (“Listening to Aunt Sue’s stories.”)
Present perfect tense

Present tense

Past tense

Present progressive tense
17 Which literary device is NOT used in “Aunt Sue’s Stories”?
Repetition

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

Alliteration
18 Langston Hughes is descended from …
Pianists

Botanists

Literary critics

Abolitionists
19 What arts and cultural movement was Hughes associated with?
The Enlightenment Era

The Harlem Renaissance

The Baroque Period

The Gothic Era
20 What is the form of “Aunt Sue’s Stories”?
Sonnet

Villanelle

Elegy

Free verse
21 In the first stanza, the repetition of the name “Aunt Sue” is an example of:
Anaphora

Oxymoron

Simile

Alliteration
22 Where do Aunt Sue’s stories come from?
Greek mythology

Her life experiences

Contemporary literature

Fairytale books
23 What is the tone of the poem?
Optimistic

Nostalgic

Mournful

Cynical
24 Who does Aunt Sue hold to her bosom at the beginning of the poem?
Her son

The Black slaves

A new-born child

The brown-faced child
25 How does the poem end?
Aunt Sue tucking the brown-faced child into bed

The dark-faced child listening to Aunt Sue on a summer night

The morning sun makes Aunt Sue realize she’s been telling stories all night

The brown-faced child starts to tell his own story

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