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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 an apartment in Manhattan.
(d) In a cottage in Carmel, California.

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

3. In the spring of 1937 for whom does Hughes travel to Spain as a correspondent?
(a) The Baltimore, a Baltimore based publication.
(b) Time, a New York based publication.
(c) The African American, a Baltimore based publication.
(d) The Crisis, a New York based publication.

4. How does Hughes find the script, which was written by a Russian?
(a) To be a highly accurate portrayal of America.
(b) To be a highly accurate portrayal of Russia.
(c) To be a highly inaccurate portrayal of America.
(d) To be a highly inaccurate portrayal of Russia.

5. What do Langston and Zell Ingram, a friend from Cleveland, decide to do?
(a) Travel to Asia.
(b) Travel to California.
(c) Travel to the South.
(d) Travel to Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Langston return to the United States?

2. When he returned to Harlem in January of 1938, what does Langston do?

3. Who does Simple represent?

4. What does his mother receive while they are there?

5. Who is the founder of Bethune-Cookman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Langston's poetry-reading tour.

2. What is significant about "Don't You Want to Be Free?"

3. What does Langston do with the money he earns from the movie?

4. What does Langston do, while he is in Chicago?

5. What does Langston do after his first year at Lincoln?

6. What does Langston do when he returns to Harlem?

7. What is significant about Jesse B. Simple?

8. What does Langston do while in Carmel, California?

9. What does Aimie Semple McPherson say about Langston?

10. Why does Hughes travel to Spain?

(see the answer keys)

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