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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. Why are his readings canceled?
(a) No one wants to hear him speak.
(b) There is no place large enough hold the crowds that want to meet him.
(c) Due to public outbursts.
(d) They are afraid of him.

2. After his first year at Lincoln, where does Hughes rent a room for the summer?
(a) Queens.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Harlem.
(d) The Bronx.

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

4. When Fire is finally published at the end of the summer, how is it received?
(a) With mixed reviews.
(b) With positive reviews.
(c) With hostile reviews.
(d) With negative reviews.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hughes do before leaving for Paris?

2. What does this group of individuals decide to create?

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

4. How much success does Langston have with these submissions?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Jesse B. Simple?

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

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

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

5. Describe Langston's poetry-reading tour.

6. What poetry does Hughes write during this summer?

7. Why does Hughes' poetry get him into trouble?

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

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

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

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