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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Hughes stay when he was in New Orleans on his trip in 1927?
(a) On Bourbon Street.
(b) On Canal Street.
(c) On Rampart Street.
(d) On Basin Street.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. Where did Bricktop Ada Smith come from?
(a) Newark.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Memphis.
(d) New Orleans,

12. Where did Hughes meet Vachel Lindsay?
(a) At a formal reception for a local black poet.
(b) On Seventh Street.
(c) At the Wardman Park Hotel.
(d) At a NAACP function.

13. 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) "A Raisin in the Sun."
(d) "Walking Stick."

14. Who did Hughes bump into in New Orleans from his days in Harlem?
(a) Zora Hurston.
(b) Bricktop Ada Smith.
(c) Buddy Miles..
(d) Louis ARmstrong.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was "Shuffle Along?"

3. Who starred in "La Revue Negre" in Paris with Maude Russell and Claude Hopkins?

4. What plantation did Hughes visit in Georgia on his way back east from New Orleans?

5. What was the name of the ship Hughes found in New Orleans traveling to Havana?

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