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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) New York City.
(b) Harlem.
(c) On Lincoln's campus.
(d) Carmel, California.

2. Where does Langston accept a job teaching English?
(a) In a private business school and in a girls' finishing school.
(b) In a public university.
(c) In a public school in Mexico City.
(d) In a private all boys' technical college.

3. Has Langston become interested in writing?
(a) Yes, just recently.
(b) Not yet.
(c) Some.
(d) Yes.

4. What does he do during this activity?
(a) He refuses to sing.
(b) He becomes bored and starts rolling his eyes and giggling.
(c) He trips and drops the candle.
(d) He laughs and makes fun of the reading.

5. What would Langston rather read?
(a) Historical fiction.
(b) Science fiction.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Non-fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fisk College reward Hughes for reading his poems at their college?

2. What is Hughes' job aboard the S.S. West Hesseltine?

3. What is Lincoln?

4. How many parts of the African coast does Hughes see?

5. Whose poems does Langston like?

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