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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 was the dormitory director at Columbia reluctant to give Hughes his room?
(a) Because they realized he was black, not Mexican.
(b) Because they had transferred him to another dormitory.
(c) Because they could not find his room reservation.
(d) Because they had not received his room reservation.

2. What made Hughes the "town curiosity" while he was in Italy?
(a) He was a black man.
(b) He was an American.
(c) He was very shy.
(d) He was tall.

3. 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.

4. Where did Hughes find a room in New Orleans when he returned from his sailing adventures?
(a) In the French Quarter near the Cathedral.
(b) On Esplanade Avenue.
(c) On Rampart Street.
(d) On Basin Street.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "Interstate Tattler?"

2. Where did Hughes finally find a job?

3. Who were Pail Robeson, Florence Mills, Bessie Smith and Roland Hayes?

4. What did Hughes consider the "greatest Negro city in the world?"

5. How did the missionaries aboard the S.S. Malone react to their passage to Africa upon the ship?

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