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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. How much was Hughes supposed to win by spending the night on the haunted ship?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) A bottle of scotch.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

2. What magazine awarded Hughes his first poetry prize?
(a) The National Educators Association.
(b) The National Urban League.
(c) The National Library.
(d) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

3. What did Hughes do after the end of his freshman year at Columbia?
(a) Dropped out of school and looked for work.
(b) Returned to Cleveland with his mother.
(c) Moved into Harlem with his mother.
(d) Decided he wanted to be a writer.

4. What made Hughes the "town curiosity" while he was in Italy?
(a) He was a black man.
(b) He was tall.
(c) He was very shy.
(d) He was an American.

5. How did Hughes obtain a sleeping car in San Antonio on his way to Cleveland?
(a) He spoke Spanish and was assumed to be Mexican.
(b) He pretended to be Mexican.
(c) He lied about his age.
(d) He paid the conductor extra for the room.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What rivers were on Hughes's mind when he wrote his famous poem on the way to Mexico?

3. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?

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

5. Why did Hughes want to return to college?

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