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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Columbia vs. Harlem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Langston learn at this community center?
(a) Singing and dancing.
(b) Painting and ceramics.
(c) Acting.
(d) Drawing and painting.

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

3. Of what is Langston an active member?
(a) The basketball team.
(b) Several teams and clubs.
(c) The debate team.
(d) The Spanish Club.

4. What does Langston think about the box of books he has brought for this journey?
(a) He decides they are a part of his past.
(b) They will help him in his journey in Africa.
(c) They will be a part of his new life.
(d) He is glad he brought them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is "The Weary Blues" published?

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

3. What happens when Langston shows up to claim his room key at Columbia?

4. How does Langston help this family?

5. Who will Langston be joining?

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