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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Not Without Laughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Langston stay the following summer in order to complete his first novel?
(a) Carmel, California.
(b) Harlem.
(c) On Lincoln's campus.
(d) New York City.

2. What has Langston's mother just done?
(a) Had another child.
(b) Moved in with her sister.
(c) Divorced his father.
(d) Remarried.

3. Whose poems does Langston like?
(a) Only George Barker and Thomas Campbell.
(b) Only Richard Aldington and James Alexander Allan.
(c) Only Alan Davies and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Only Longellow and Paul Laurence Dunbar.

4. What courses does Hughes take?
(a) Music and literature.
(b) Literature and theater.
(c) Education and literature.
(d) Theater and music.

5. What does Langston's mother want him to do?
(a) Get a job in Cleveland.
(b) Move to New York.
(c) Stay with her in Chicago.
(d) Go to Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Langston rather read?

2. Does Langston have any interest in poetry?

3. Who will Langston be joining?

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

5. Where does Langston accept a job teaching English?

(see the answer key)

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