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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. Where did Hughes meet Vachel Lindsay?
(a) At a NAACP function.
(b) At a formal reception for a local black poet.
(c) On Seventh Street.
(d) At the Wardman Park Hotel.

2. What was the name of Hughes's first novel?
(a) "Not Without Laughter."
(b) "Not Without Tribulations."
(c) "Not Without Regrets."
(d) "Not Without Tears."

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

4. What was "Fire?"
(a) A "Quarterly for Negro Intellectuals" first published in 1927.
(b) A book written by Wallace Thurman.
(c) A "Negro Quarterly of the Arts" published by Hughes and other influential blacks.
(d) A magazine started by John Davis to expose new black writers.

5. What did Hughes's ship take from Africa back to the United States?
(a) Palm oil, cocoa beans, and mahogany.
(b) Mahogany, ammunition, and gold.
(c) Spices, clothing, and mahogany.
(d) Silver, gold, and diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Marcus Garvey known as in Africa?

2. What poem of Hughes won first prize in Witter Bynner's Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Contest in 1926?

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

4. How did Dr. Alain Locke find Hughes in Paris?

5. What did Hughes's ship bring to Africa?

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