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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. What did the men in Africa say to Hughes when he tried to talk to them about Marcus Garvey?
(a) They said "you are a traitor, you are not African!"
(b) They said "you, white man! You, white man!"
(c) They said, "you are lying to us, the South is not like AFrica!"
(d) THey said, "we do not care how difficult things are in other countries!"

2. 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.

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

4. What is the name of the famous poem Hughes wrote on the train trip to Mexico?
(a) "Too Many Rivers To Cross."
(b) "The Negro's Poem."
(c) "Rivers Run Deep."
(d) "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."

5. How did Hughes's father feel about Negroes?
(a) He respected them.
(b) He hated them.
(c) He did not care one way or another.
(d) He liked them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hughes decide to move from his apartment to an attic room up the hill?

2. Where did Hughes's ship land on Christmas eve in 1923?

3. Who were Luigi and Romeo?

4. What did one sailor pass off as French francs in one small French colony African town?

5. Who came to Annette's rescue at fight at the Grand Duc?

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