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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is a "dream deferred"?
a dream that is delayed
a dream that one has to pursue on their own
a dream that doesn't come true
a dream that can only happen with support from family
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following lines is an example of imagery?
"And then run?"
"Or does it explode?"
"Or crust and sugar over"
"Does it stink like rotten meat?"
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the word 'fester' in the following line:
"Or fester like a sore--"
to get larger
to become infected
to rot
to heal
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the author's tone throughout the poem?
sadness
frustration
loving
cheerful
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which type of figurative language is represented in the following line:
"Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?"
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
allusion
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the following line an example of?
"Maybe it just sags / like a heavy load."
simile
imagery
hyperbole
metaphor
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why is the poem Harlem significant to the black community?
It represented the black view of life in the late 1800s
It represented the postponement of black dreams
It represented the migration of black Americans to Harlem
It represents the fulfillment of black dreams after the Civil War
- 8. Multiple Choice
In the poem, the most appropriate synonym for "dream" is?
goal
nightmare
memory
fantasy
- 9. Multiple Choice
"Harlem" functions as
an analogy
an irony
a simile
a symbol
- 10. Multiple Choice
The common literary device of the poem is
anaphora
metonymy
personification
simile
- 11. Multiple Choice
The use of a metaphor in the last line of the poem serves
to show that Hughes can use more than one poetic device to make his point
to create a sense of uncertainty because the content of explosion is unknown
to intensify the message because if compliments the first stanza
both a and b
- 12. Multiple Choice
Line 9 and 10 appeal to
the sense of sight
the sense of sound
the sense of touch
both a and b
- 13. Multiple Choice
The function of line 11 in relation to line 1 is
to frame the poem
to provide variety in poetic devices
to provide the most dramatic answer to the questions
to answer a question with a question
to echo line 1
- 14. Multiple Choice
The poet reveals the speaker's feelings mainly by?
Using personification to show the characteristics of a dream
Using metaphors to describe what happens to dreams
Using similes to describe what happens to dreams
None of the above
- 15. Multiple Choice
The repetition of the word "like" emphasizes the speakers desire to?
Find out what happens to dreams
Understand what a dream is
See how dreams disappear
Both A and B
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which line best communicates the speaker's feeling of what happens to a dream deferred
does it dry up
May be it just sag
or fester like a sore
all of the above
- 17. Multiple Choice
The poet helps the reader understand how it felt to.....
Forget about a dream
run away from a dream
be a dried up raisin
have a dream
- 18. Multiple Choice
Based on the first stanza, the reader can conclude that the speaker....
hates having dream
is curious of what happens to dreams
remembers all his dreams
all of the above
- 19. Multiple Choice
dividing the poem into 3 stanzas allows the poet to-
establish the message of the poem clearly
look cool
make stanzas so it's considered a poem
all of the above
- 20. Multiple Choice
The imagery in lines 1 through 8 helps the reader understand-
what the reader thinks happens to a dream deferred
what dreams do
what a dream looks like
all of the above
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