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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who starred in "La Revue Negre" in Paris with Maude Russell and Claude Hopkins?
(a) Rudolph Fisher.
(b) Josephine Baker.
(c) Carolyn Dudley.
(d) Langston Hughes.

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

3. When did Wallace Thurman die?
(a) January, 1939.
(b) December, 1934.
(c) May, 1935.
(d) September, 1929.

4. What did Dr. Locke offer to do for Hughes while both men were in Italy?
(a) Take him to Venice.
(b) Publish his poems.
(c) Teach him Italian.
(d) Introduce him to his sister.

5. What did Hughes by in a shop on Poydras Street that found him on his way to Havana the next day?
(a) Wishing Powder.
(b) Good Luck Powder.
(c) Go-and-Stay Powder.
(d) Voodoo Powder.

6. What was the name of Hughes's first play?
(a) "Mulatto."
(b) "The Weary Negro."
(c) "Not Without Laighter."
(d) "The Walking Stick."

7. How did Hughes compare talking with Mr. Barnes about art?
(a) Like drinking fine wine.
(b) Like talking business with his father.
(c) Like taking a college class.
(d) Like dining with a food critic.

8. Who did Countee Cullen marry?
(a) Yolanda Mills, daughter of Florence Mills.
(b) Yolande Lincoln, granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Yolande Becton, daughter of the Reverend Becton.
(d) Yolande DuBois, daughter of W.E.B. DuBois.

9. What poem of Hughes won first prize in Witter Bynner's Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Contest in 1926?
(a) "A House in Taos."
(b) "Wandering Fool."
(c) "Walking Stick."
(d) "A Raisin in the Sun."

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

11. Where did Zora Neale Hurston attend college?
(a) Newcomb.
(b) New York University.
(c) Barnard.
(d) Smith.

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

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

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

15. 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 sophomore year at Yale.
(d) During the summer of his junior year at Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous author wrote the book "cane?"

2. Why did Hughes want to return to college?

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

4. When and why was Hughes invited to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee?

5. What was the name of Hughes's first novel?

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