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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. What rivers were on Hughes's mind when he wrote his famous poem on the way to Mexico?
(a) The Mississippi, Congo, Niger, and the Nile.
(b) The MIssissippi, Appalachian, Ural and the Nile.
(c) The Mississippi, Missouri, and the Nile.
(d) The Mississippi, Rio Grande, Niger and the Nile.

2. Where did Hughes find a job when he returned to New York?
(a) Working on a ship bound for China.
(b) Working on a ship bound for Constantinople and Odessa.
(c) Working on a ship bound for Bali.
(d) Working on a ship bound for Africa.

3. Who did Rudolph Fisher sing with while he was in college?
(a) Paul Robeson.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Besie Smith.
(d) Josephine Baker.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Marcus Garvey known as in Africa?

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

3. What did Hughes's father decide he should study in school?

4. What did Hughes do with the twenty dollars he received from Crisis for his story?

5. About what incident did Hughes write the poem "African Fog?"

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