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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, Rehearsal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During this time he meets with many important literary figures of what movement?
(a) The Black Renaissance.
(b) The African American Movement.
(c) The Harlem Movement.
(d) The Black Wave.

2. What does Langston do on the train ride to Mexico?
(a) He writes a letter to his mother.
(b) He writes one of his better-known poems, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
(c) He begins his autobiography.
(d) He thinks about his life.

3. What does this group of individuals decide to create?
(a) A black university called New Negro College.
(b) A black magazine of the arts called Fire.
(c) A black academy called the Renaissance Academy.
(d) A black theater called the Apollo Theatre.

4. When Fire is finally published at the end of the summer, how is it received?
(a) With hostile reviews.
(b) With positive reviews.
(c) With negative reviews.
(d) With mixed reviews.

5. What does his mother receive while they are there?
(a) A letter from his stepfather.
(b) Cancer treatments.
(c) Good care at a reasonable price from a black physician.
(d) News about her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his first year at Lincoln, where does Hughes rent a room for the summer?

2. Which of Hughes' works is published during this summer?

3. High school has readied him for college. Does Langston have a chance of going on with his education?

4. What happens when, in January, 1921, "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" is published in The Crisis?

5. How does Langston's father try to convince Langston to come to Mexico for the summer?

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