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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Twenty-One,Tragedy at Toluca—Time to Leave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hughes have trouble writing about bullfights?
(a) He believed only Hemmingway was capable of writing about bullfights.
(b) He had not seen enough bullfights to be able to write about them.
(c) He believed they must be seen and heard to be appreciated.
(d) He felt too sorry for the bulls who died.

2. Which of Hughes's relatives became Dean of the first law school at Howard University?
(a) His grandfather's brother.
(b) His great uncle.
(c) His grandmother's brother.
(d) His grandfather.

3. Where was Langston Hughes born?
(a) Canton, MIssissippi.
(b) Joplin, Mississippi.
(c) Hannibal, Missouri.
(d) Joplin, Missouri.

4. Where did Hughes, his mother, and his grandmother go to meet his father?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) California.

5. Where was Hughes when he was refused service at the train station soda fountain?
(a) Memphis.
(b) San Antonio.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) St. Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "mother ship?"

2. What did Hughes do after the end of his freshman year at Columbia?

3. How did the Africans Hughes met respond to his skin color?

4. Who was Captain Ralph Quarles?

5. How did Hughes feel about Columbia once he started college there?

(see the answer key)

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