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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. In Africa, how is Hughes considered?
(a) Black.
(b) American.
(c) White.
(d) Colored.

2. Why is Lincoln known as the "black Princeton?"
(a) Many of the white faculty had gone to Princeton.
(b) Many of the black faculty had gone to Princeton.
(c) Many of the black students would later attend graduate school at Princeton.
(d) The courses are similar to those at Princeton.

3. Why do Lucas and Hughes spend most of their evenings as guests in black households?
(a) They are often unwelcome in hotels.
(b) They do not trust white people.
(c) They do not feel comfortable staying in hotels.
(d) They are welcomed by the communities they visit.

4. What does his mother do afterward?
(a) She sends him to live with his father.
(b) She begins to cry hysterically.
(c) She has him meet with the pastor.
(d) She whips him and teaches him a lesson about respecting other people's art.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hughes do with the books?

3. By whom is Langston greatly influenced?

4. Where does Langston spend his first evening in New York?

5. How does Langston's father try to convince Langston to come to Mexico for the summer?

(see the answer key)

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