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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hughes purchase?

2. How does Langston decide to use his pay from the film?

3. When Fire is finally published at the end of the summer, how is it received?

4. Is Langston interested in teaching after he has graduated college?

5. When do Langston and his friend set off for the South?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hughes travel to Spain?

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

3. Who is Jesse B. Simple?

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

5. What is significant about Jesse B. Simple?

6. What does Aimie Semple McPherson say about Langston?

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

8. What difficulties exist for Langston after graduation?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Langston goes on a poetry-reading tour.

Part 1) Describe this tour. Why does he go on this tour?

Part 2) How does he affect those to which he speaks? Why?

Part 3) How is Hughes affected by the people to which he speaks and meets?

Part 4) How does racism continue to play a role in Hughes' life during this time?

Essay Topic 2

Hughes' family life is unsettled.

Part 1) Describe his family life. Why is it so unsettled?

Part 2) How do his family dynamics affect him?

Part 3) How does the theme of a division between black and white play into this unsettled family?

Essay Topic 3

Hughes' work often gets him into trouble.

Part 1) Why does it get him into trouble?

Part 2) Would it get him into trouble today?

Part 3) Do writers and other artists today get themselves into trouble for the same issues Hughes got himself into trouble? Explain.

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