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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hughes want to return to college?
(a) To earn more money.
(b) To become part of Washington black society.
(c) To get a better job at the Library of Congress.
(d) To get a better background for writing.

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

3. Who was one person Dr. Locke arranged for Hughes to meet in Paris?
(a) Paul Guillaume.
(b) Charles de Gaulle.
(c) Maria Callas.
(d) Raymond Carver.

4. Where was Hughes robbed of his money and his passport?
(a) In a restaurant in Rome.
(b) On the train to the Riviera.
(c) On the streets of Venice.
(d) In his hotel room in Genoa.

5. Where did Hughes stay when he arrived in Italy?
(a) Manchego.
(b) Denzenzano.
(c) Place de'Cello.
(d) Estavilla.

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

7. When and why was Hughes invited to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee?
(a) To give a speech at commencement in 1926.
(b) To read his poems in 1929.
(c) To give an address in 1928.
(d) To read his poems at commencement in 1927.

8. Why did Hughes disembark from the boat trip up the Saguenay River to see the northern lights?
(a) The steward insisted he take his dinner in the kitchen.
(b) The captain refused to let him aboard the ship because he was black.
(c) The steward refused to seat him for dinner until the white passengers had eaten.
(d) The captain refused to allow him to stay in his paid-for accomodations.

9. Who sang at A'Lelia Walker's funeral?
(a) The Four Seasons.
(b) The Four Bon Bons.
(c) The Four Soul Sisters.
(d) The Four Quartets.

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

11. 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.

12. How did Dr. Alain Locke find Hughes in Paris?
(a) He found out from Sonya.
(b) He looked him up in the phone book.
(c) He spoke with Hughes' mother in New York.
(d) He got his address from the magazine Crisis.

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

14. Where did Hughes find a room in New Orleans when he returned from his sailing adventures?
(a) On Rampart Street.
(b) On Basin Street.
(c) On Esplanade Avenue.
(d) In the French Quarter near the Cathedral.

15. When did Hughes write his first novel?
(a) During the summer of his senior year at Howard.
(b) During the summer of his junior year at Columbia.
(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 was "Fire?"

2. At Hughes's college, what was the racial makeup of the faculty?

3. When Hughes wrote "The Big Sea," how many years had passed since he had worked on his survey?

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

5. What was Troutbeck?

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