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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, Theater in a Suitcase.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Langston's plays become more socially relevant?
(a) As he begins to write historical pieces.
(b) As he begins to write about the African American situation.
(c) As he begins to protest the war.
(d) As he begins to write about current events.

2. Does Langston have any interest in poetry?
(a) Little.
(b) Quite a bit.
(c) None.
(d) A lot.

3. How is "The Big Sea" received by many critics?
(a) Warmly.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Only slightly.

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

5. When does Langston return to the United States?
(a) In the midst of the Great Depression.
(b) A week after the Crash.
(c) After the Great Depression.
(d) Before the Great Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does "Don't You Want to Be Free?" run?

2. What does Langston do that evening?

3. How does Langston know this influential woman?

4. Why does Langston purchase a new suit and coat and travel to McKeesport, Pennsylvania?

5. Does Langston finish college at Columbia?

(see the answer key)

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