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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 was "Shuffle Along?"
(a) A musical review in which only men performed in night clubs.
(b) A song written for Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong.
(c) A musical review that marked the beginning of the Negro Renaissance.
(d) A song published in 1928 that became the anthem for Harlem.

2. What was the name of Hughes's first novel?
(a) "Not Without Regrets."
(b) "Not Without Laughter."
(c) "Not Without Tears."
(d) "Not Without Tribulations."

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

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

5. What did Hughes hope to prove in his study of Lincoln University?
(a) That having no black men on the faculty was good for the students' education.
(b) That having an all white faculty made students feel secure.
(c) That having an all white faculty was fostering an inferiority complex in black men.
(d) That there were no competent black instructors at the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hughes describe the Saturday night rent parties he attended?

2. How was Bricktop Ada known among her followers?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the places in Italy Hughes saw aboard the ship headed for New York? What happened to him in Valencia?

2. What was the "Messenger"? Who ran it? Why was the editor and the "Messenger" important to Hughes?

3. Where did Hughes attend college during the 1920s? When was the college founded and by whom? Where is the college located?

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

5. What happened to Hughes on his was back to France that changed his travel plans?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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