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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) "A House in Taos."
(c) "Wandering Fool."
(d) "A Raisin in the Sun."

2. Who brought the disciples of Gurdjieff to Harlem?
(a) Rudolph Fisher.
(b) Jean Toomer, a talented black author.
(c) Zeda Hurston.
(d) Hughes himself.

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

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

5. What area of the country was discussed by Harlem artists as the new place to live?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) California.
(d) New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Hughes by in a shop on Poydras Street that found him on his way to Havana the next day?

3. What did Hughes say was a "big sea full of fish?"

4. What did Hughes hope to prove in his study of Lincoln University?

5. Who was the first company to publish a book of Hughes's poetry?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What event brought Hughes to the South in 1927? How did he react to the South and southern cities?

4. How did Hughes conclude his story of the racial survey at Lincoln? What changes did he witness at the school and in how many years?

5. Who was Gladys Bentley? How did Hughes describe her?

6. What club did white people come into Harlem to drink and listen to music? Why did Hughes not go to this club? How did most Harlem blacks feel about this club?

7. Why did Hughes go to Washington D.C. after landing in New York?

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

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

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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