Notes for Langston Hughes' Biography Born - Beacon Learning Center
Notes for Langston Hughes' Biography Born - Beacon Learning Center
Notes for Langston Hughes' Biography Born - Beacon Learning Center
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Answer Key:<br />
Multiple choice questions = 1 point each<br />
1. D<br />
2. B<br />
3. C<br />
4. D<br />
5. A<br />
6. B<br />
7. D<br />
8. A<br />
9. D<br />
10. D<br />
Short Answer questions = up to 2 points each<br />
11. Students may express that the poem is about Hughes’ life or it isn’t, depending on their opinions.<br />
Make sure that they back up the answer with specifics from his life to support their opinions.<br />
12. The rivers represent times and places of ancient, great civilizations. The author wants us to know that<br />
the Negro was present throughout time and contributed to each society.<br />
13. Neither poem deals with a racial issue. The situations presented could apply to a person of any race.<br />
Long answer question = up to 4 points<br />
14. <strong>Langston</strong> Hughes lived during a time period when racial discrimination occurred. Many of his pieces<br />
reflect how he felt about it. In ‘I, Too,’ or ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’ he refers to unfair treatment<br />
that was shameful and society’s ignoring of the Negro’s contribution. He also lived during the unique<br />
musical age of the 20’s that produced jazz. His music is reflective of that.<br />
<strong>Langston</strong> Hughes www.beaconlc.org©2002 Rev. 1/10/02
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