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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is this summer called the 'Red Summer?'
(a) Because many Chinese are moving to the country.
(b) Because the fear of Communism has spread like wildfire.
(c) Because of the violence against blacks that ensues in the post war environment.
(d) Because the summer has record high temperatures.

2. After his first year at Lincoln, where does Hughes rent a room for the summer?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Queens.
(d) Harlem.

3. How much success does Langston have with these submissions?
(a) Much.
(b) No.
(c) Little.
(d) Overwhelming.

4. How does Langston pass the time in Mexico?
(a) By playing soccer with other boys in town.
(b) By working on his autobiography.
(c) By reading, improving his Spanish, and riding horses.
(d) By reading and writing.

5. What has this place become?
(a) A theater company.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A club.
(d) A church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Langston's father approach him one day and say?

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

4. During his senior year of high school, what happens to Langston?

5. Where are Hughes' plays performed?

(see the answer key)

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