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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. When did Hughes finally leave Mexico to return to America?
(a) September, 1923.
(b) October, 1920.
(c) August, 1921.
(d) September, 1921.

2. Where did Hughes find a job when he returned to New York?
(a) Working on a ship bound for Bali.
(b) Working on a ship bound for Africa.
(c) Working on a ship bound for China.
(d) Working on a ship bound for Constantinople and Odessa.

3. How did Hughes compare talking with Mr. Barnes about art?
(a) Like talking business with his father.
(b) Like taking a college class.
(c) Like dining with a food critic.
(d) Like drinking fine wine.

4. How did Hughes describe the cockroaches in New Orleans?
(a) They were loud and some of them flew through the air.
(b) They were small but noisy.
(c) They were the size of mice.
(d) They were the size of Buicks.

5. Who arranged for Hughes to meet with Albert Barnes at the Cafe Royale near the Louvre?
(a) Alain Locke.
(b) Sonya Richards.
(c) Paul Guillaume.
(d) Vachel Lindsay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was George from?

2. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?

3. Who were Luigi and Romeo?

4. After he returned to America from Italy, how much did Hughes figure his first European trip had cost him?

5. What did Hughes refer to as the "years of Manhattan's black Renaissance"?

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