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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. What did "Negro" mean in the United States?
(a) Someone who was a slave.
(b) Someone who had only Negro blood in his veins.
(c) Someone who was born in Africa and came to America.
(d) Someone who had any Negro ancestry.

2. Why did Hughes return to New Orleans and leave his job on the ship running to and from Havana?
(a) He grew bored with the route of the ship.
(b) He became tired of the Chinese men on board the ship.
(c) He ran out of money and needed to earn some for school.
(d) School was starting and he wanted to spend the rest of his time in New Orleans,

3. Who did Countee Cullen marry?
(a) Yolande DuBois, daughter of W.E.B. DuBois.
(b) Yolande Becton, daughter of the Reverend Becton.
(c) Yolanda Mills, daughter of Florence Mills.
(d) Yolande Lincoln, granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln.

4. 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 could not find his room reservation.
(c) Because they had not received his room reservation.
(d) Because they had transferred him to another dormitory.

5. When did Hughes write his first novel?
(a) During the summer of his senior year at Howard.
(b) During the summer of his sophomore year at Yale.
(c) During the summer of his junior year at Lincoln.
(d) During the summer of his junior year at Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Hughes's little brother Kit when Hughes returned from Africa?

2. After he returned to America from Italy, how much did Hughes figure his first European trip had cost him?

3. When and why was Hughes invited to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee?

4. Where did Hughes stay when he was in New Orleans on his trip in 1927?

5. What did the men in Africa say to Hughes when he tried to talk to them about Marcus Garvey?

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