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

2. Who arranged for Hughes to meet with Albert Barnes at the Cafe Royale near the Louvre?
(a) Sonya Richards.
(b) Paul Guillaume.
(c) Vachel Lindsay.
(d) Alain Locke.

3. Who was Mrs. Dorsey?
(a) The woman who published Hughes' poetry.
(b) The woman who taught Hughes poetry.
(c) The woman who rented Hughes a room in her home in Harlem.
(d) The woman who hired Hughes at the flower store.

4. Where did Hughes meet Frau Schultz?
(a) On the train to Mexico.
(b) In St Louis at the train station.
(c) In the diner car of the train.
(d) At his father's home in Toluca.

5. What did Hughes refer to as the "years of Manhattan's black Renaissance"?
(a) The turn of the century.
(b) The early 1900's.
(c) The 1920's.
(d) The 1930's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hughes take the summer off from the Grand Duc to go to Italy in the summer?

2. Why did Hughes want to return to college?

3. What was the "Interstate Tattler?"

4. How did Hughes begin earning his own money while he lived with his father?

5. How many fraternities did Hughes pledge for?

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