The Big Sea: An Autobiography Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Big Sea: An Autobiography Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Hughes do with the twenty dollars he received from Crisis for his story?
(a) He saw Jeanne Eagels in "Rain" and then "What Price Glory."
(b) He saved it to give to his mother.
(c) He spent it all on food and liquor for himself and his friends.
(d) He ate a large steak at a fine restaurant.

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

4. How long did Hughes live in Washington D.C.?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Five years.

5. Why did Hughes decide to move from his apartment to an attic room up the hill?
(a) Because he finally made enough money to afford a better apartment.
(b) Because he missed Mary and needed to leave their apartment.
(c) Because he decided to move to Italy.
(d) Because Bob, the drug addict, was frightening him.

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

7. How was Bricktop Ada known among her followers?
(a) She was angry and at times violent.
(b) She was talented and sexy.
(c) She was aloof and sullen.
(d) She was "regular," a good girl.

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

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

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

11. What was Troutbeck?
(a) The old farm of John Burroughs the naturalist.
(b) The name of the new college for black students in Memphis.
(c) The kind of fish Hughes caught on his summer vacations.
(d) The last name of Hughes' wife.

12. When did Hughes say he most felt like writing?
(a) When he was in love.
(b) When he was very happy.
(c) When he was isolated from people.
(d) When he was unhappy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Hughes meet the woman who was to become his patron?

3. What job did Hughes finally find once he moved to Washington D.C,?

4. What was "Shuffle Along?"

5. Why did Hughes disembark from the boat trip up the Saguenay River to see the northern lights?

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