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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once, on his way to the train accompanied by a chauffeur and a secretary, who did Hughes meet at the station?
(a) White men who whistled when he stepped out of the limousine.
(b) His professor or English at Columbia University.
(c) Red caps who had gone to college with Hughes.
(d) His old girlfriend from college.

2. What were some of the stops Hughes's ship made while on its route to and from Havana?
(a) Miami, Key West, or Panama.
(b) Jamaica, Haiti, or Panama.
(c) Jamaica, Key West, or Miami.
(d) New York, Miami, or Key Largo.

3. At Hughes's college, what was the racial makeup of the faculty?
(a) All white.
(b) Mixed ethnicities.
(c) All black.
(d) Half white and half black.

4. Who was singing "everybody loves my baby, but my baby don't love no one but me" at the NAACP fundraiser Hughes attended?
(a) Bricktop Annie.
(b) Bessie Smith.
(c) Alberta Hunter.
(d) Josephine Baker.

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

6. When did Hughes write his first novel?
(a) During the summer of his junior year at Columbia.
(b) During the summer of his senior year at Howard.
(c) During the summer of his junior year at Lincoln.
(d) During the summer of his sophomore year at Yale.

7. What did Hughes say was a "big sea full of fish?"
(a) Writing.
(b) Literature.
(c) Socializing.
(d) Love.

8. For what was Mr. Barnes known in America?
(a) His ability to find good young poets.
(b) His financial skills.
(c) His fine collection of modern art.
(d) His good taste in restaurants.

9. After he returned to America from Italy, how much did Hughes figure his first European trip had cost him?
(a) Seventy dollars and fifty cents.
(b) Six dollars and seventy five cents.
(c) Two hundred dollars.
(d) Five dollars and fifty cents.

10. Why did Hughes return to New Orleans and leave his job on the ship running to and from Havana?
(a) School was starting and he wanted to spend the rest of his time in New Orleans,
(b) He ran out of money and needed to earn some for school.
(c) He grew bored with the route of the ship.
(d) He became tired of the Chinese men on board the ship.

11. Why did Hughes move to Washington D.C.?
(a) His wife asked if they could move there to be near her family.
(b) His family was there and invited him to come.
(c) He wanted to learn more about politics.
(d) He wanted to work at a famous restaurant.

12. What was Bruce the chef's reaction to being fired from the Grand Duc?
(a) He clamly walked out of the back door and set the back of the building on fire.
(b) He screamed at the boss and threw a chair at him.
(c) He left without saying a word to anyone.
(d) He threatened the boss with a sharp kitchen knife, frightening customers away.

13. What college did Hughes cite as having an all-black faculty?
(a) Grandlock.
(b) Tuskegee.
(c) Fisk.
(d) Urbana.

14. Who brought the disciples of Gurdjieff to Harlem?
(a) Zeda Hurston.
(b) Jean Toomer, a talented black author.
(c) Hughes himself.
(d) Rudolph Fisher.

15. What was unusual to Hughes about the Hamilton Club Lodge Ball at Rockland Plaza Casino?
(a) Women invite the men to dance and have dinner with them.
(b) Men dress up as women and the women in the room are spectators.
(c) Women dress as men and men dress as women and prizes are awarded.
(d) Women dress as men and are the asked to dance by the men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "Interstate Tattler?"

2. Where did Hughes stay when he was in New Orleans on his trip in 1927?

3. Who was the first company to publish a book of Hughes's poetry?

4. What did an elderly graduate of Lincoln who had read Hughes's survey say to Hughes at his graduation?

5. To whom did Hughes give copies of his poetry after he won the poetry prize?

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