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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. Why did Hughes never go to the Cotton Club in Harlem?
(a) The club closed in 1923.
(b) It was Jim Crow club for gangsters and rich whites.
(c) It was not open when he not working.
(d) He did not know big name musicians were playing there.

2. Where did Hughes go to live when he was in second grade?
(a) With his aunt in Kansas City, Missouri.
(b) With his uncle in Brooklyn, New York.
(c) With his grandmother in Memphis, Tennessee.
(d) With his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas.

3. What did people do on Seventh Street in Washington in 1924?
(a) Played the blues, huddled around fire cans, and argued.
(b) Played the blued, talked about the whites, and complained.
(c) Played the blues, shoveled coal into furnaces, and grumbled.
(d) Played the blues, ate barbeque, and laughed a lot.

4. Who were all but one of the six passengers aboard the S.S Malone?
(a) Nordic missionaries.
(b) Dutch settlers.
(c) Spanish missionaries.
(d) English statesmen.

5. Where did Hughes meet Sonya?
(a) In a cafe where he was drinking coffee.
(b) On the street in front of the Louvre.
(c) In the American Embassy.
(d) On the Metro from the rue de la Paix.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ports along the west African shore did the S.S. Malone visit?

2. How many monkeys were on the S. S. Malone?

3. How long did Hughes live in Washington D.C.?

4. Who was one person Dr. Locke arranged for Hughes to meet in Paris?

5. With whom did Hughes stay his first night in New York City?

(see the answer key)

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