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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 were Pail Robeson, Florence Mills, Bessie Smith and Roland Hayes?
(a) Some of the black performers part of the Harlem renaissance of the 1920s.
(b) Some of the musicians Hughes remembered seeing at the Grand Duc.
(c) Some of the musicians heard on white radio stations in the midwest.
(d) Some of the musicians to arrive in Africa from Harlem in the 1920s.

2. Why did Hughes decide to move from his apartment to an attic room up the hill?
(a) Because he decided to move to Italy.
(b) Because he missed Mary and needed to leave their apartment.
(c) Because he finally made enough money to afford a better apartment.
(d) Because Bob, the drug addict, was frightening him.

3. Who was Bruce?
(a) The bouncer at the Grand Duc.
(b) The bellman at Hughes' hotel.
(c) The maitre'd at Zelli's.
(d) The cook at the Grand Duc.

4. On his first day in Paris, where did Hughes go?
(a) To the Royal Library.
(b) To the Louvre.
(c) To a hotel.
(d) To an opera performance.

5. Where did Hughes attend college at the height of the Negro Renaissance?
(a) New Yor University.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Lincoln Universtiy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine awarded Hughes his first poetry prize?

2. What souvenir did Hughes jump in the bullfighting ring just after the fight to get?

3. What were some of the stops Hughes's ship made while on its route to and from Havana?

4. Where did Sonya finally find a job?

5. How many ports along the west African shore did the S.S. Malone visit?

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