Unit 1.4 Langston Hughes

Question 1

play

Answer 1

story that is written to be performed by actors before an audience; written through the dialogues of the characters

Question 2

concerned

Answer 2

showing worried

Question 3

glumly

Answer 3

sadly and quietly

Question 4

decent

Answer 4

good enough to make someone comfortable

Question 5

success

Answer 5

the achievement of an aim or purpose

Question 6

preoccupied

Answer 6

paying attention to something else

Question 7

biology

Answer 7

the study of the way in which plants, animals, and other living things live and grow

Question 8

crumpled

Answer 8

to press or crush into wrinkles

Question 9

strive

Answer 9

to work to get something

Question 10

tensely

Answer 10

feeling emotional strain

Question 11

stubborn

Answer 11

unwilling to change

Question 12

opportunities

Answer 12

a chance to succeed in life

Question 13

practical

Answer 13

concerned with ordinary activities, business, or work

Question 14

Who are the characters?

Answer 14

Langston Hughes - Black American writer
Mr. James Hughes - his father
Senora Garcia - housekeeper
Thad - medical assistant

Question 15

Time

Answer 15

Summer 1920

Question 16

Differences between James Hughes and Langston Hughes

Answer 16

Langston is a dreamer and James is a practical man.

Question 17

Scene 1 setting?

Answer 17

Study room in Hughes’s home in Mexico city.

Question 18

What does his father want him to study?

Answer 18

engineering

Question 19

Scene 2 setting?

Answer 19

Langston’s dorm room at Columbia University.

Question 20

Why did Langston want to go to Columbia University?

Answer 20

to be near Harlem to write about black people

Question 21

What is Langston Hughes known for?

Answer 21

he played an important role in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and early 1930s and is one of America’s finest poets

Question 22

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

Answer 22

a movement led by African American artists, musicians, and writers aimed for racial equality and minority rights

Question 23

Which university did he graduate from?

Answer 23

Pennsylvania Lincoln University in 1929