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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 cottage in Carmel, California.
(b) In an apartment in Manhattan.
(c) In a townhouse in San Francisco.
(d) In a villa in Spain.

2. After they return to New York City, what does Langston begin planning?
(a) A tour in Asia.
(b) Another job on a ship.
(c) A trip to Paris.
(d) A poetry-reading tour.

3. While in Baton Rouge, what does Langston visit?
(a) Members of the Black Renaissance.
(b) A camp for refugees.
(c) A prison.
(d) A jazz concert hall.

4. Where does Langston stay the following summer in order to complete his first novel?
(a) New York City.
(b) Carmel, California.
(c) On Lincoln's campus.
(d) Harlem.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Langston think about his father?

3. When does the first Simple story appear in the Chicago Defender?

4. Why do Lucas and Hughes spend most of their evenings as guests in black households?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Langston returns to New York City?

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

3. What is significant about Jesse B. Simple?

4. Where do Langston and his mother move? How is this beneficial?

5. What happens to the movie for which Hughes had been asked to become a writer?

6. Who is Jesse B. Simple?

7. What does Aimie Semple McPherson say about Langston?

8. What does Langston do with a four hundred dollar prize for "Not Without Laughter?"

9. Why does Langston write the poem "Tomorrow's Seed."

10. How is Langston able to tour the American South for the entirety of the summer?

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