Test #18. Record any extra credit you may have earned this week (+5min./+10max.)
Spelling. Do not copy.
  1. assure, illogical, corespond, assignment, all correct
  2. assignment, assuring, immobilize, irrepairable, all correct
  3. accompany, irregular, illiterate, assortment, all correct
  4. arrangment, irresponsible, immeasurable, immigrant, all correct
  5. irreplacable, arrest, illegal, illegible, all correct
  6. to read : illiterate :: to be read : ___________
  7. Dally : irresponsible :: infinity : _________
  8. police : arrest :: pen pal : ________
  9. Black Dog : irresponsible :: Humpty Dumpty : ___________
  10. arrest : immobilize :: irrational : ________
Vocabulary. Do only #7 if you are "exempt." You will use words more than once. You might not use them all.
montage, renaissance, defer, furrow, lapse, wherewithal, allusion, paradox
  1. (2) The musical was a sort of __________ of scenes, all related to one theme. It was full of ____________(s) to everything from rock and roll to Bach.
  2. Langston Hughes was a part of the Harlem __________ in the 20's through the 50's. Many other black artists and writers flourished during that time.
  3. One of Langston Hughes' most famous poems asks the question, "What happens to a dream _________(ed)? ...does it dry up...or does it explode?"
  4. (2) He __________(ed) his brow as he thought deeply about the question, and __________(ed) into silence.
  5. The statement, "Everything I say is a lie," is an example of a(n) ____________.
  6. They had to _________ fixing the roof until they could save enough money.
  7. collage : montage :: contradiction : ____________
Titles. Rewrite any titles you see that need quotation marks or underlining/italicizing.
  1. The movie Titanic was filmed in Mexico using an almost full-sized model of the real Titanic.
  2. The best song on the album, Rock and Roll, is called Rock and Roll.
  3. I don't know if Theme for English B came from the book called The Weary Blues
  4. (4) Fix the titles for all the choices in #2 in the Langston Hughes section.
Langston Hughes. You may use your notes for this section. Write out the answers to the multiple choice questions.
  1. True or False. Langston Hughes spent time in Mexico.
  2. His first published novel was... a) Theme for English B. b) The Weary Blues. c) Montage of a Dream Deferred. d) Not Without Laughter.
  3. How did the city of New York honor Langston Hughes?
  4. What is Langston Hughes "particularly known for"? a) jazz music. b) his friendship with Martin Luther King Jr. c) portrayals of black life in America. d) novels.
  5. Langston Hughes wrote over the course of... a) 5 decades. b) 2 decades. c) 3 decades. d) 4 decades.