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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has this place become?
(a) A club.
(b) A theater company.
(c) A church.
(d) A restaurant.

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

4. Where does Langston say he met a man named Simple?
(a) In a Harlem bar.
(b) In a Detroit club.
(c) In a New York restaurant.
(d) In a Cleveland center.

5. Who is the founder of Bethune-Cookman?
(a) Mary McLeod Bethune.
(b) Marsha Jay Bethune.
(c) Margaret Bethune.
(d) Mary Elizabeth Bethune.

6. What does Hughes do when he returns to Moscow?
(a) He waits for his permit to leave.
(b) He meets with another movie producer to discuss creating a film about his experiences in Russia.
(c) He learns Russian.
(d) He writes and sells articles about his travels in Russia.

7. What does Hughes do before leaving for Paris?
(a) He fills out his will.
(b) He visits the South one last time.
(c) He says goodbye to his familly.
(d) He writes an article about preparing to leave.

8. Where does this trip south take Langston?
(a) To famous theaters.
(b) To unversities and concert halls.
(c) To community centers and high schools.
(d) To colleges, high schools, and local meeting places.

9. Why does Hughes ask for a loan from Knopf, his publisher?
(a) For the completion of his poems about Spain.
(b) For the completion of a book of short stories.
(c) For the completion of his autobiography.
(d) For the completion of a book of poems.

10. How does Langston decide to use his pay from the film?
(a) To travel to Russia.
(b) To visit his friends in Cleveland.
(c) To travel through Asia.
(d) To travel to Paris.

11. When does the first Simple story appear in the Chicago Defender?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1953.

12. Who is Aimie Semple McPherson?
(a) A Communist.
(b) A housewife.
(c) A politician.
(d) An evangelist.

13. How much success does Langston have with these submissions?
(a) Much.
(b) Overwhelming.
(c) No.
(d) Little.

14. Where does Noel Sullivan, an old friend of Hughes', put him up?
(a) In a townhouse in San Francisco.
(b) In a villa in Spain.
(c) In a cottage in Carmel, California.
(d) In an apartment in Manhattan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to Barcelona, right before Langston arrives?

2. Who does Langston meet in Ashkhabad?

3. While in Baton Rouge, what does Langston visit?

4. Where are Hughes' plays performed?

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

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