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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once, on his way to the train accompanied by a chauffeur and a secretary, who did Hughes meet at the station?
(a) His professor or English at Columbia University.
(b) White men who whistled when he stepped out of the limousine.
(c) His old girlfriend from college.
(d) Red caps who had gone to college with Hughes.

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

3. What was the "Interstate Tattler?"
(a) A weekly black newspaper.
(b) A monthly black magazine.
(c) A respected black column in the New York Times.
(d) A jazz gossip rag.

4. How did Hughes meet Bricktop Ada Smith?
(a) She was the new singer hired at the Grand Duc.
(b) She was a fellow Metro rider every morning.
(c) She was the new tenant in his building.
(d) She was a waitress in his favorite coffee house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hughes describe the cockroaches in New Orleans?

2. When did Hughes say he most felt like writing?

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

4. What happened to Hughes to make it possible for him to write "Not Without Laughter?"

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hughes compare Bricktop Ada Smith and Florence? How were the two women different?

2. Why did Hughes travel to Italy for the summer? Where did he stay?

3. How did Hughes describe the wedding of Countee Cullen? Why was the wedding the talk of Harlem for a time? How was Hughes involved?

4. What was "Not Without Laughter"? Why was it important in Hughes's life?

5. What other meeting did Dr. Locke arrange for Hughes before leaving town?

6. Who did Hughes call the "great Harlem party giver?" How did Hughes describe the parties and the hostess?

7. Who was Annette, and why was she fired from the Grand Duc? What happened on her last night at the club?

8. What benefit cabaret was hosted by the NAACP to which Hughes was invited? Who did he meet there? Who was singing at the club when he entered?

9. Who was Bruce? Why did he become upset at work? What happened when the boss fired him? How did this affect Hughes?

10. What happened to Hughes when his patron broke off their relationship?

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