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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. Why did Hughes want to return to college?
(a) To get a better background for writing.
(b) To become part of Washington black society.
(c) To get a better job at the Library of Congress.
(d) To earn more money.

2. Where was George from?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Missouri.

3. Who did Hughes bump into in New Orleans from his days in Harlem?
(a) Bricktop Ada Smith.
(b) Zora Hurston.
(c) Buddy Miles..
(d) Louis ARmstrong.

4. With whom did Hughes stay his first night in New York City?
(a) His mother and stepfather who met him there.
(b) Friends he knew from teaching English in Mexico.
(c) No one, he stayed by himself in a hotel.
(d) Two Mexicans he had met on the ship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the monkey cage the sailors built on the S.S. Malone?

2. What was Bruce the chef's reaction to being fired from the Grand Duc?

3. Why did Hughes decide to move from his apartment to an attic room up the hill?

4. What was "Fire?"

5. Where did Hughes's ship land on Christmas eve in 1923?

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