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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. Where did Sonya finally find a job?
(a) At a bakery.
(b) At a small restaurant.
(c) At the library.
(d) At Zelli's night club.

2. How did Hughes's father feel about Negroes?
(a) He did not care one way or another.
(b) He respected them.
(c) He hated them.
(d) He liked them.

3. What did Dr. Locke offer to do for Hughes while both men were in Italy?
(a) Take him to Venice.
(b) Publish his poems.
(c) Teach him Italian.
(d) Introduce him to his sister.

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

5. Where did Zora Neale Hurston attend college?
(a) Barnard.
(b) Newcomb.
(c) Smith.
(d) New York University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was unusual to Hughes about the Hamilton Club Lodge Ball at Rockland Plaza Casino?

2. How was Hughes initiated into his fraternity?

3. When Hughes and his stepfather took Jocko to the pool hall, what happened?

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

5. Why did Hughes agree to go to Mexico after his high school graduation and meet his father?

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