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

3. Where does the incident occur where the colored teachers of a school were told they'd be fired if Hughes, an assumed Communist, read his poetry?
(a) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(b) Hammond, Indiana.
(c) Detroit, Michigan.
(d) Gary, Indiana.

4. What is the name of the theater in Los Angeles?
(a) The Next Apollo Theater.
(b) The New Negro Theater.
(c) The African Theater.
(d) The New Harlem Theater.

5. What has happened to Barcelona, right before Langston arrives?
(a) It has become a territory of Nazi Germany.
(b) It is destroyed by a nuclear bomb.
(c) It is bombed by German and Italian aircraft.
(d) It has been bombed by the the British.

6. Why does Langston become depressed?
(a) He is treated worse in the south than in the north.
(b) Racism is stronger now than a few years ago.
(c) Racism he witnesses even in the midst of disaster.
(d) He is still treated unequally.

7. What is significant about Jesse B. Simple?
(a) He is very influential in Langston's life.
(b) He is a simple man, like many people.
(c) His poem is the most published of all African American writings.
(d) It is the longest running and perhaps greatest influence on the black community.

8. How does Fisk College reward Hughes for reading his poems at their college?
(a) With a thank you dinner.
(b) With free college tuition.
(c) In a large fee.
(d) With an article in the local paper.

9. When do Langston and his friend set off for the South?
(a) October of 1921.
(b) October of 1951.
(c) October of 1941.
(d) October of 1931.

10. Who does Langston meet in Ashkhabad?
(a) A reporter named Arthur Koestler.
(b) A reporter named Allan Cumming.
(c) An actress who is also a writer.
(d) A dancer who becomes his girlfriend.

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

12. Who does Simple represent?
(a) The members of the Black Renaissance.
(b) The average African American trying to make it in a white society.
(c) Artists.
(d) The famous black Americans.

13. About what is Hughes to report?
(a) The roles of American soldiers in the war in Spain.
(b) African Americans and their role in the war in Spain.
(c) The roles of Americcan soldiers in World War II.
(d) African Americans and their role in World War II.

14. Who is Jesse B. Simple?
(a) A character in one of Langston's poems.
(b) A member of the Black Renaissance that Langston had met.
(c) Langston's best friend.
(d) One of Langston's characters.

15. Why are his readings canceled?
(a) No one wants to hear him speak.
(b) They are afraid of him.
(c) Due to public outbursts.
(d) There is no place large enough hold the crowds that want to meet him.