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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. How does this person feel about Langston's poem, "Goodbye Christ?"
(a) She is excited about it.
(b) She is saddened by it.
(c) She is angered and appalled by it.
(d) She is slightly nervous about it.

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

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

4. How does Hughes become involved with anti-war campaigns?
(a) Writing advertisements for billboards.
(b) Speaking to people at rallies.
(c) Writing and handing out pamphlets to the public.
(d) Advertisements for the radio.

5. In the spring of 1937 for whom does Hughes travel to Spain as a correspondent?
(a) The Crisis, a New York based publication.
(b) Time, a New York based publication.
(c) The African American, a Baltimore based publication.
(d) The Baltimore, a Baltimore based publication.

Short Answer Questions

1. After they return to New York City, what does Langston begin planning?

2. For how long does "Don't You Want to Be Free?" run?

3. What does Hughes purchase?

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

5. Where does this trip south take Langston?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Jesse B. Simple?

2. Why does Hughes travel to Spain?

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

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

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

6. Who is Jesse B. Simple?

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

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

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

10. What poetry does Hughes write during this summer?

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