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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Hughes live in Barcelona?
(a) In a resort.
(b) In a tiny, quiet village.
(c) Far from the fighting.
(d) Near the front line.

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) Gary, Indiana.
(b) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(c) Hammond, Indiana.
(d) Detroit, Michigan.

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

5. What does Langston think about his father?
(a) He misses him.
(b) He should write to him soon.
(c) He wonders what he is up to.
(d) He never wants to see him again.

6. In how many books does Simple appear?
(a) Ten.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

8. What does this group of individuals decide to create?
(a) A black university called New Negro College.
(b) A black academy called the Renaissance Academy.
(c) A black theater called the Apollo Theatre.
(d) A black magazine of the arts called Fire.

9. With what is Hughes' poetry often infused?
(a) Political or religious propaganda.
(b) Communist propaganda.
(c) African American propaganda.
(d) Anti-American propaganda.

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

11. What does his mother receive while they are there?
(a) Good care at a reasonable price from a black physician.
(b) Cancer treatments.
(c) News about her sister.
(d) A letter from his stepfather.

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

13. 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.

14. To where do Langston and his mother move back?
(a) New York.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Chicago.

15. How is "The Big Sea" received by many critics?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Warmly.
(d) Only slightly.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his first year at Lincoln, where does Hughes rent a room for the summer?

2. How does this person feel about Langston's poem, "Goodbye Christ?"

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

4. When Fire is finally published at the end of the summer, how is it received?

5. About what is Hughes to report?

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