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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. Which of Hughes' works is published during this summer?
(a) Prodigal Son and Not Without Laughter.
(b) Mulatto and A House in Taos.
(c) A House in Taos and Not Without Laughter.
(d) Prodigal Son and Mulatto.

2. Why do Lucas and Hughes spend most of their evenings as guests in black households?
(a) They do not trust white people.
(b) They are often unwelcome in hotels.
(c) They do not feel comfortable staying in hotels.
(d) They are welcomed by the communities they visit.

3. Does Langston read his poetry at this luncheon?
(a) No.
(b) Some of it.
(c) Yes.
(d) Just one poem.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Langston a thousand dollar grant?

2. Where does this trip south take Langston?

3. What has this place become?

4. Who is Aimie Semple McPherson?

5. What does Hughes do when he returns to Moscow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Langston do upon returning to the United States?

5. What is significant about Jesse B. Simple?

6. What poetry does Hughes write during this summer?

7. What does Langston do when he travels to New Orleans?

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

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

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

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