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

2. From whom is his mother's grandfather supposedly descended?
(a) Frances Quarles.
(b) Kole Black.
(c) Francis Scott Key.
(d) Sterling A. Brown.

3. What does Auntie Reed insist that Langston do?
(a) Go to church every Sunday.
(b) Read every night.
(c) Clean the house every Saturday.
(d) Babysit her children.

4. Is Langston interested in teaching after he has graduated college?
(a) A little.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) At first.

5. Where are Hughes' plays performed?
(a) At Karamu.
(b) At the Croswell.
(c) At Footlite.
(d) At the Wintergarden.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what difficult position is Langston posed?

2. One day when Langston and a white friend go to a cafeteria for lunch, how much does his friend's meal cost?

3. Why is Lincoln known as the "black Princeton?"

4. Why is Langston's summer in Toluca not a bad one?

5. Where is Langston Hughes born?

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