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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 finally find a job?
(a) At a hotel as a bellboy.
(b) At a library shelving books.
(c) At a little club as the doorman.
(d) At a restaurant as a cook.

2. What did Hughes consider the "greatest Negro city in the world?"
(a) Kansas City.
(b) Miami.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Harlem.

3. Where was Hughes's ship traveling to when he left America?
(a) South America.
(b) Africa.
(c) Anartica.
(d) India.

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

5. Where did Hughes stay when he arrived in Italy?
(a) Estavilla.
(b) Denzenzano.
(c) Place de'Cello.
(d) Manchego.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Hughes give copies of his poetry after he won the poetry prize?

2. What was Bruce the chef's reaction to being fired from the Grand Duc?

3. Who sang at A'Lelia Walker's funeral?

4. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?

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

(see the answer key)

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