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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When and why was Hughes invited to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee?
(a) To read his poems in 1929.
(b) To give a speech at commencement in 1926.
(c) To read his poems at commencement in 1927.
(d) To give an address in 1928.

2. What nightclub was making a lot of money while the Grand Duc was not?
(a) Le Maggots.
(b) Le Figaro.
(c) Chez Florence.
(d) Chez Helene.

3. What was the "Interstate Tattler?"
(a) A respected black column in the New York Times.
(b) A jazz gossip rag.
(c) A monthly black magazine.
(d) A weekly black newspaper.

4. What was "Fire?"
(a) A magazine started by John Davis to expose new black writers.
(b) A book written by Wallace Thurman.
(c) A "Negro Quarterly of the Arts" published by Hughes and other influential blacks.
(d) A "Quarterly for Negro Intellectuals" first published in 1927.

5. What was the title of Hughes's second book of poems?
(a) "One Way Out."
(b) "Fine Clothes to the Jew."
(c) "Negro Pride."
(d) "Harlem Dancers."

6. Where did Hughes stay when he was in New Orleans on his trip in 1927?
(a) On Bourbon Street.
(b) On Canal Street.
(c) On Basin Street.
(d) On Rampart Street.

7. What happened to Hughes to make it possible for him to write "Not Without Laughter?"
(a) Fudnign from the Urban Leaugue.
(b) He received a large royalty check for some of his poems.
(c) The financial support of his patron.
(d) A grant from the NAACVP.

8. What did Hughes refer to as the "years of Manhattan's black Renaissance"?
(a) The turn of the century.
(b) The 1930's.
(c) The 1920's.
(d) The early 1900's.

9. How did Hughes describe the cockroaches in New Orleans?
(a) They were small but noisy.
(b) They were the size of mice.
(c) They were the size of Buicks.
(d) They were loud and some of them flew through the air.

10. What did Hughes by in a shop on Poydras Street that found him on his way to Havana the next day?
(a) Go-and-Stay Powder.
(b) Good Luck Powder.
(c) Wishing Powder.
(d) Voodoo Powder.

11. How did Hughes meet Bricktop Ada Smith?
(a) She was a waitress in his favorite coffee house.
(b) She was a fellow Metro rider every morning.
(c) She was the new tenant in his building.
(d) She was the new singer hired at the Grand Duc.

12. What did Hughes say was a "big sea full of fish?"
(a) Socializing.
(b) Literature.
(c) Love.
(d) Writing.

13. What was Troutbeck?
(a) The last name of Hughes' wife.
(b) The name of the new college for black students in Memphis.
(c) The old farm of John Burroughs the naturalist.
(d) The kind of fish Hughes caught on his summer vacations.

14. What new hotel opened in New York, did not allow Negroes to work or to stay as guests, that inspired Hughes to write a poem about it?
(a) The Waldorf-Astoria.
(b) The St. Regis Hotel.
(c) The Dorchester Hotel.
(d) The Ritz Hotel.

15. What did Dr. Locke offer to do for Hughes while both men were in Italy?
(a) Take him to Venice.
(b) Teach him Italian.
(c) Introduce him to his sister.
(d) Publish his poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hughes return to New Orleans and leave his job on the ship running to and from Havana?

2. What were some of the stops Hughes's ship made while on its route to and from Havana?

3. What did an elderly graduate of Lincoln who had read Hughes's survey say to Hughes at his graduation?

4. Who was singing "everybody loves my baby, but my baby don't love no one but me" at the NAACP fundraiser Hughes attended?

5. What was the name of the ship Hughes found in New Orleans traveling to Havana?

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