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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 did Locke want to talk with Hughes about during their lunch together in Paris?
(a) He wanted to learn more about the Left Bank in Paris.
(b) He wanted to offer Hughes a job in New York.
(c) He wanted to talk to Hughes about literary life in Paris.
(d) He wanted to read some of Hughes's poetry.

2. Who came to Annette's rescue at fight at the Grand Duc?
(a) Joe.
(b) Hughes.
(c) Sonya.
(d) Florence.

3. Where did Sonya finally find a job?
(a) At a small restaurant.
(b) At a bakery.
(c) At the library.
(d) At Zelli's night club.

4. When Hughes wrote "The Big Sea," how many years had passed since he had worked on his survey?
(a) Eighteen years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Twenty five years.

5. Where was Langston Hughes born?
(a) Canton, MIssissippi.
(b) Joplin, Mississippi.
(c) Hannibal, Missouri.
(d) Joplin, Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hughes learn to wait tables and serve drinks?

2. How did Hughes describe the cockroaches in New Orleans?

3. How did Hughes obtain a sleeping car in San Antonio on his way to Cleveland?

4. Where did Hughes meet Sonya?

5. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?

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