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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hughes say he loved his patron?
(a) She was a beautiful, young, and intelligent woman.
(b) She was a wealthy woman who spent her money on frivilous things.
(c) She was thoughtful of him, interested in what he wanted to do, kind, and generous.
(d) She was a negative woman but she took interest in living things.

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

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

4. How did Hughes meet the woman who was to become his patron?
(a) He was introduced to her by a friend in New York.
(b) The Sprinarns referred him to her.
(c) He met her at the Metropolitian Opera House.
(d) He met her at the Lincoln University library.

5. What was the name of the ship Hughes found in New Orleans traveling to Havana?
(a) The Cuban.
(b) The Havana.
(c) The Chiquita.
(d) The Nardo.

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

7. What made Hughes the "town curiosity" while he was in Italy?
(a) He was a black man.
(b) He was tall.
(c) He was very shy.
(d) He was an American.

8. How did Hughes describe the Saturday night rent parties he attended?
(a) Cigar smoking, whiskey drinking womanizing.
(b) Well known musicians performing for poor blacks to raise rent money.
(c) Boring evenings with too many people packed in too small a space.
(d) Spontaneous music, laughter, good fried fish, and bootlegged whiskey.

9. What happened to Hughes to make it possible for him to write "Not Without Laughter?"
(a) A grant from the NAACVP.
(b) He received a large royalty check for some of his poems.
(c) The financial support of his patron.
(d) Fudnign from the Urban Leaugue.

10. Who were Pail Robeson, Florence Mills, Bessie Smith and Roland Hayes?
(a) Some of the musicians heard on white radio stations in the midwest.
(b) Some of the black performers part of the Harlem renaissance of the 1920s.
(c) Some of the musicians Hughes remembered seeing at the Grand Duc.
(d) Some of the musicians to arrive in Africa from Harlem in the 1920s.

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

12. What famous author wrote the book "cane?"
(a) Julia Peterkin.
(b) Jean Toomer.
(c) James Weldon Johnson.
(d) Margery Latimer.

13. Where did Hughes attend college at the height of the Negro Renaissance?
(a) Lincoln Universtiy.
(b) Howard University.
(c) New Yor University.
(d) Columbia University.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dr. Locke offer to do for Hughes while both men were in Italy?

2. Who was A'Lelia Walker?

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

4. Who was singing "everybody loves my baby, but my baby don't love no one but me" at the NAACP fundraiser Hughes attended?

5. In his anecdote about the strawberry greens at dinner, what had the other diners done with the green stems?

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