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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When the Negro Was In Vogue—Nigger Heaven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was A'Lelia Walker?
(a) A society woman who gave frequent and grand parties.
(b) A patron of the arts who hired Hughes to write for her.
(c) The wife of an important politician.
(d) A singer in a Harlem nightclub.

2. Why did Hughes take over the job of mess boy on the ship to Europe?
(a) The first mess boy refused to work after the bad storms.
(b) The first mess boy was found to be incompetent.
(c) The first mess boy scalded his foot and ankle.
(d) The first mess boy was in the infirmary with the flu.

3. What poem of Hughes won first prize in Witter Bynner's Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Contest in 1926?
(a) "A House in Taos."
(b) "Walking Stick."
(c) "A Raisin in the Sun."
(d) "Wandering Fool."

4. Who was Mrs. Dorsey?
(a) The woman who taught Hughes poetry.
(b) The woman who rented Hughes a room in her home in Harlem.
(c) The woman who hired Hughes at the flower store.
(d) The woman who published Hughes' poetry.

5. What was the "Interstate Tattler?"
(a) A respected black column in the New York Times.
(b) A jazz gossip rag.
(c) A weekly black newspaper.
(d) A monthly black magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Rayford Logan?

2. What area of the country was discussed by Harlem artists as the new place to live?

3. How did Hughes describe the Saturday night rent parties he attended?

4. What was the name of the dormitory at Columbia in which Hughes lived?

5. What was "Shuffle Along?"

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