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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alma Mater—Post Script.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous author wrote the book "cane?"
(a) Margery Latimer.
(b) Jean Toomer.
(c) Julia Peterkin.
(d) James Weldon Johnson.

2. How did Hughes meet Bricktop Ada Smith?
(a) She was the new singer hired at the Grand Duc.
(b) She was a fellow Metro rider every morning.
(c) She was the new tenant in his building.
(d) She was a waitress in his favorite coffee house.

3. What plantation did Hughes visit in Georgia on his way back east from New Orleans?
(a) The plantation where Jean Toomer lived.
(b) The Greenback Plantation.
(c) The Longfellow Plantation.
(d) The plantation where Hughes' mother had worked.

4. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?
(a) At a newspaper in New York City.
(b) At a truck garden on Staten Island.
(c) At a newspaper in Cleveland.
(d) At a bakery in Harlem.

5. Who did Hughes bump into in New Orleans from his days in Harlem?
(a) Bricktop Ada Smith.
(b) Buddy Miles..
(c) Louis ARmstrong.
(d) Zora Hurston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of Hughes's second book of poems?

2. What magazine awarded Hughes his first poetry prize?

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

4. In whose honor was the first burial at sea Hughes participated in?

5. Once, on his way to the train accompanied by a chauffeur and a secretary, who did Hughes meet at the station?

(see the answer key)

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