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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Italy—Poetry is Practical.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were George and Ramon?
(a) Hughes's bunk mates.
(b) Hughes's friends in New York.
(c) Hughes's classmates.
(d) Hughes's brothers.

2. What happened to the monkey cage the sailors built on the S.S. Malone?
(a) It was thrown overboard.
(b) It was broken open during a storm.
(c) It was left at the dock on the western coast.
(d) It was stolen by one of the passengers.

3. Where did Bricktop Ada Smith come from?
(a) New Orleans,
(b) Memphis.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Newark.

4. Who did Hughes think of during his lunch with Mr. Barnes?
(a) His high school art teacher.
(b) His family in New York.
(c) His first poetry teacher at Columbia.
(d) His girlfriend Mary.

5. How was Bricktop Ada known among her followers?
(a) She was aloof and sullen.
(b) She was talented and sexy.
(c) She was angry and at times violent.
(d) She was "regular," a good girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the S.S. Malone finally put in?

2. What neighborhood in Paris did Hughes walk through to look for a job and a place to live?

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

4. What made Hughes the "town curiosity" while he was in Italy?

5. Who were Luigi and Romeo?

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