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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. How was Hughes initiated into his fraternity?
(a) He was dressed liek a girl and paraded through campus.
(b) He was forced to drink a twelve-pack.
(c) With paddling so severe he could barely walk for a week.
(d) His head was shaved with an "H" in his hair.

2. How many monkeys were on the S. S. Malone?
(a) About twenty.
(b) About thirty.
(c) Only one.
(d) About fifteen.

3. How did Dr. Alain Locke find Hughes in Paris?
(a) He looked him up in the phone book.
(b) He spoke with Hughes' mother in New York.
(c) He got his address from the magazine Crisis.
(d) He found out from Sonya.

4. Where did Hughes get his pet monkey?
(a) In Burutu.
(b) In one of the Cape ports.
(c) In one of the Congo ports.
(d) In Dakar.

5. What was Bruce the chef's reaction to being fired from the Grand Duc?
(a) He clamly walked out of the back door and set the back of the building on fire.
(b) He threatened the boss with a sharp kitchen knife, frightening customers away.
(c) He screamed at the boss and threw a chair at him.
(d) He left without saying a word to anyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first company to publish a book of Hughes's poetry?

2. How did Hughes feel about Columbia once he started college there?

3. How much was Hughes supposed to win by spending the night on the haunted ship?

4. Who did Hughes bump into in New Orleans from his days in Harlem?

5. Why did Hughes return to New Orleans and leave his job on the ship running to and from Havana?

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