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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 Hughes live in Barcelona?
(a) Far from the fighting.
(b) Near the front line.
(c) In a tiny, quiet village.
(d) In a resort.

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

3. In New Orleans, what job does Hughes take?
(a) A job as a mess boy on a freighter traveling to Havana.
(b) As a petty officer on a freighter to Havana.
(c) As a mess boy on a freighter traveling to Cuba.
(d) A job as a petty officer on a freighter traveling to Cuba.

4. How does Fisk College reward Hughes for reading his poems at their college?
(a) With a thank you dinner.
(b) With an article in the local paper.
(c) In a large fee.
(d) With free college tuition.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Langston read his poetry at this luncheon?

2. After his first year at Lincoln, where does Hughes rent a room for the summer?

3. When does Langston return to the United States?

4. What do Langston and Zell Ingram, a friend from Cleveland, decide to do?

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. Why does Hughes' poetry get him into trouble?

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

3. What difficulties exist for Langston after graduation?

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

5. Why does Hughes travel to Spain?

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

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

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

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

10. What poetry does Hughes write during this summer?

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