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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 made Hughes the "town curiosity" while he was in Italy?
(a) He was tall.
(b) He was a black man.
(c) He was very shy.
(d) He was an American.

2. What happened to Hughes to make it possible for him to write "Not Without Laughter?"
(a) A grant from the NAACVP.
(b) Fudnign from the Urban Leaugue.
(c) He received a large royalty check for some of his poems.
(d) The financial support of his patron.

3. What did people do on Seventh Street in Washington in 1924?
(a) Played the blues, huddled around fire cans, and argued.
(b) Played the blues, ate barbeque, and laughed a lot.
(c) Played the blues, shoveled coal into furnaces, and grumbled.
(d) Played the blued, talked about the whites, and complained.

4. Why did Hughes decide to move from his apartment to an attic room up the hill?
(a) Because he missed Mary and needed to leave their apartment.
(b) Because Bob, the drug addict, was frightening him.
(c) Because he finally made enough money to afford a better apartment.
(d) Because he decided to move to Italy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What area of the country was discussed by Harlem artists as the new place to live?

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

3. Why did Hughes never go to the Cotton Club in Harlem?

4. Where did Hughes meet Vachel Lindsay?

5. At Hughes's college, what was the racial makeup of the faculty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Florence do after the brawl at the Grand Duc? How did this affect the club and what did the owner finally do?

2. 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?

3. Where was the Interracial Conference Hughes attended during his sophomore year located? What story did Hughes tell about this conference?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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