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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) A House in Taos and Not Without Laughter.
(c) Prodigal Son and Mulatto.
(d) Mulatto and A House in Taos.

2. When does the first Simple story appear in the Chicago Defender?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1953.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Noel Sullivan, an old friend of Hughes', put him up?

2. Where does Langston say he met a man named Simple?

3. What is significant about Jesse B. Simple?

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

5. Into what language are Langston's poems translated?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is significant about Jesse B. Simple?

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

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

8. What difficulties exist for Langston after graduation?

9. Who is Jesse B. Simple?

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

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