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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, The Bloody Spanish Earth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hughes find the script, which was written by a Russian?
(a) To be a highly inaccurate portrayal of America.
(b) To be a highly accurate portrayal of America.
(c) To be a highly inaccurate portrayal of Russia.
(d) To be a highly accurate portrayal of Russia.

2. Why does Langston not like his middle-class relatives?
(a) They do not care for his mother.
(b) They are rude and disrespectful.
(c) They do not want him to visit.
(d) They are snobby and indifferent to black suffering.

3. What does Langston receive for "Not Without Laughter?"
(a) A one thousand dollar prize.
(b) A four thousand dollar prize.
(c) A four hundred dollar prize.
(d) A one hundred dollar prize.

4. While in Baton Rouge, what does Langston visit?
(a) A camp for refugees.
(b) A prison.
(c) Members of the Black Renaissance.
(d) A jazz concert hall.

5. What does Mrs. Bethune ask Langston to do for her students?
(a) Read some of his poetry to them.
(b) Write a poem about them.
(c) Encourage them to be writers.
(d) Teach them a poetry lesson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hughes purchase?

2. What does Langston find to still be prevalent when he visits his mother?

3. Why does Langston become depressed?

4. What does Langston's father approach him one day and say?

5. Where does Hughes live in Barcelona?

(see the answer key)

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