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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When the Negro Was In Vogue—Nigger Heaven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hughes meet Vachel Lindsay?
(a) At a formal reception for a local black poet.
(b) At the Wardman Park Hotel.
(c) At a NAACP function.
(d) On Seventh Street.

2. For what was Mr. Barnes known in America?
(a) His financial skills.
(b) His fine collection of modern art.
(c) His good taste in restaurants.
(d) His ability to find good young poets.

3. What poem of Hughes won first prize in Witter Bynner's Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Contest in 1926?
(a) "A Raisin in the Sun."
(b) "Walking Stick."
(c) "A House in Taos."
(d) "Wandering Fool."

4. What was the S.S. Malone's only port of call in the Azores?
(a) Horta.
(b) Basta.
(c) Hanai.
(d) Hento.

5. Where was George from?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hughes turn down Alain Locke's request to meet with him?

2. What was the "Interstate Tattler?"

3. Who was A'Lelia Walker?

4. What did Dr. Locke offer to do for Hughes while both men were in Italy?

5. How did Hughes obtain a sleeping car in San Antonio on his way to Cleveland?

(see the answer key)

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