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