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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22, Simple Speaks His Mind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During this time he meets with many important literary figures of what movement?
(a) The Black Renaissance.
(b) The African American Movement.
(c) The Harlem Movement.
(d) The Black Wave.

2. When Langston has had enough of the ocean and asked for his pay, where does he travel?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) London.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

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

5. With what difficult position is Langston posed?
(a) Teaching in a school in which he does not want to be.
(b) Writing material he has no interest in writing.
(c) Not having time to write all that he wishes to write.
(d) Wanting to write but needing to make money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Langston say he met a man named Simple?

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

3. Who is Dr. Woodson?

4. What does Mrs. Bethune ask Langston to do for her students?

5. What does Langston receive for "Not Without Laughter?"

(see the answer key)

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