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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 all but one of the six passengers aboard the S.S Malone?
(a) Nordic missionaries.
(b) Spanish missionaries.
(c) English statesmen.
(d) Dutch settlers.

2. Where did Hughes go to live when he was in second grade?
(a) With his uncle in Brooklyn, New York.
(b) With his grandmother in Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) With his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas.
(d) With his aunt in Kansas City, Missouri.

3. What was "Shuffle Along?"
(a) A song published in 1928 that became the anthem for Harlem.
(b) A song written for Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong.
(c) A musical review that marked the beginning of the Negro Renaissance.
(d) A musical review in which only men performed in night clubs.

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

5. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?
(a) At a truck garden on Staten Island.
(b) At a bakery in Harlem.
(c) At a newspaper in New York City.
(d) At a newspaper in Cleveland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Hughes when he sailed away from America?

3. How did Dr. Alain Locke find Hughes in Paris?

4. What was in the third box Nagary showed to Hughes and Pey the evening they spent in Burutu?

5. Why did the manager of the Grand Duc decide to fire Bruce, the chef?

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