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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spectacles in Color—Not Without Laughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who brought the disciples of Gurdjieff to Harlem?
(a) Rudolph Fisher.
(b) Zeda Hurston.
(c) Jean Toomer, a talented black author.
(d) Hughes himself.

3. Who did Hughes think of during his lunch with Mr. Barnes?
(a) His first poetry teacher at Columbia.
(b) His girlfriend Mary.
(c) His family in New York.
(d) His high school art teacher.

4. How long was the sail to Africa from New York?
(a) Eight months.
(b) Four months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Hughes give copies of his poetry after he won the poetry prize?

2. Why did Hughes return to New Orleans and leave his job on the ship running to and from Havana?

3. Who did Hughes say was the one professor who he was interested in at Columbia?

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

5. What did Dr. Locke offer to do for Hughes while both men were in Italy?

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