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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe Americans the speaker refers to in the poem "I Hear America Singing" are-ordinary working peoplewounded soldiersgreat figures in the US historydoctors and nurses
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements is true about the songs America is singing?The songs are out of tuneEach person has a different songPeople are singing songs no one can hearPeople are singing out of sorrow
- 3. Multiple Choice
What literary device is evident in both poems?
Historical allusion
Simile
Repetition
Rhyme
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the overall tone of "I Hear America Singing"?
Joyous
Sarcastic
Dismal
Eerie
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which repeated word serves to unify "I Hear America Singing"?
carols
worker
strong
singing
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who is the speaker of the poem I, Too?
The plantation owner
The parents of Langston Hughes
The darker brother
The slaves
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the tone of the poem I, Too?sadhopefulangryjoyful
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does the kitchen symbolize in "I, Too"?
"They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes"
The future
Segregation
Hunger
The future
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does "Tomorrow" symbolize in the second stanza of "I, Too"?
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Choir
The future
Equal rights
Freedom
- 10. Multiple Choice
In which line do you know the speaker of "I, Too" feels proud?
"And be ashamed"
"Eat in the kitchen"
"They'll see how beautiful I am"
"Say to me"
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhitman hears all of the following people singing exceptmechanics and masonscarpenters and boatmenshoemakers and mothersbankers and teachers
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhy do you think Whitman didn't include powerful politicians or self-made millionaires in his poem?He wanted to celebrate everyday workers.He did not know any of these people.These people don't sing as they work.He did not like these kind of people.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why is each person "singing what belongs to him or her and to none else" in "I Hear America Singing"?
These are the only songs they know.
These are the songs they know best.
Each wants to sing louder than the others to drown them out.
A person's individuality is his or her work and song.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWho is the speaker in "I, Too"?the poetan African American mana young childa servant
- 15. Multiple ChoiceBoth "I Hear America Singing" and "I, Too" concern the theme ofa person's place in society.race and racial identity.working for a living.unfair treatment in
American society. - 16. Multiple ChoiceBoth poems are in the form offree verseodesballadssonnets
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat words create the most repetition in "I Hear America Singing?The, singingI, toovaried carolsHear, America
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat purpose does this repetition serve in "I Hear America Singing"?It creates alliteration.It reinforces the poem's rhyme scheme.It creates vivid images of American life.It unifies the poem and reinforces the theme.
- 19. Multiple Choice
What unifies the poem of "I, Too"?
Alliteration in each line
Repetition of the first line at the end of the poem
Imagery used to describe the speaker's job
Onomatopoeia used when explaining the sounds of the speaker's job
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