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Black Americans of Achievement: Langston Hughes
1. Which of the following poets influenced Langston Hughes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Edgar Allan Poe
None of the above.
2. What is the name of the period characterized by African American intellectual and
artistic life?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Black Renaissance.
The Negro Renaissance.
The Harlem Renaissance.
None of the above.
3. The poem, ''Advertisement for the Waldorf-Astoria'' is an indictment of___________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
racism
sexism
Communism
high society
4. Langston Hughes' poem, ''Madrid 1937'' was about __________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
World War I
the Spanish Civil War
the American Civil War
World War II
5. How did Langston Hughes help with the war effort during World War II ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
He enlisted as a soldier.
He wrote for Army newspapers.
He volunteered for the Red Cross.
None of the above.