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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. What poem of Hughes won first prize in Witter Bynner's Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Contest in 1926?
(a) "Walking Stick."
(b) "Wandering Fool."
(c) "A House in Taos."
(d) "A Raisin in the Sun."

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

3. Who was singing "everybody loves my baby, but my baby don't love no one but me" at the NAACP fundraiser Hughes attended?
(a) Josephine Baker.
(b) Alberta Hunter.
(c) Bessie Smith.
(d) Bricktop Annie.

4. In his anecdote about the strawberry greens at dinner, what had the other diners done with the green stems?
(a) No one else had teh green stems on their strawberries.
(b) No one else had strawberries except Hughes.
(c) Others had eaten the stems with their ice cream.
(d) Others had simply left the stems on their plates.

5. What famous dance did the black dancers from America bring with them to Paris?
(a) The Charleston.
(b) The Tango.
(c) The Vienesse Waltz.
(d) The Cha Cha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Troutbeck?

2. Where did Hughes find a room in New Orleans when he returned from his sailing adventures?

3. What did people do on Seventh Street in Washington in 1924?

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

5. Who were Luigi and Romeo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What poem did Hughes submit to "Opportunity" magazine owned by the National Urban League? What was the poem about? What happened to the poem that changes Hughes's life?

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

4. Who was Hughes's distinguished visitor? Why was the visit an important one?

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

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

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

8. What was hazing at Lincoln University? What kinds of things did hazing involve? What was Hughes's initiation ritual for his fraternity?

9. When an alum of the college met Hughes, how did he react to Hughes's survey concerning having black faculty at Lincoln?

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

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