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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. Who were Luigi and Romeo?
(a) Two men with whom Hughes shared an apartment building.
(b) The barman and the waiter of the Grand Duc.
(c) The two owners of the Grand Duc.
(d) Two friends of Bricktop Ada Smith.

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

3. Why did Hughes return to New Orleans and leave his job on the ship running to and from Havana?
(a) He became tired of the Chinese men on board the ship.
(b) He ran out of money and needed to earn some for school.
(c) School was starting and he wanted to spend the rest of his time in New Orleans,
(d) He grew bored with the route of the ship.

4. What did Hughes do with the twenty dollars he received from Crisis for his story?
(a) He saved it to give to his mother.
(b) He ate a large steak at a fine restaurant.
(c) He saw Jeanne Eagels in "Rain" and then "What Price Glory."
(d) He spent it all on food and liquor for himself and his friends.

5. Why did Hughes never go to the Cotton Club in Harlem?
(a) It was Jim Crow club for gangsters and rich whites.
(b) The club closed in 1923.
(c) It was not open when he not working.
(d) He did not know big name musicians were playing there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who starred in "La Revue Negre" in Paris with Maude Russell and Claude Hopkins?

2. What famous dance did the black dancers from America bring with them to Paris?

3. Why did Hughes move to Washington D.C.?

4. What was Troutbeck?

5. In his anecdote about the strawberry greens at dinner, what had the other diners done with the green stems?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hughes's patron feel about black in America? How did this manifest itself in her relationship with Hughes?

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. What poem did Hughes submit in Witter Bynner's Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Contest? How did the poem fare?

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

5. What survey did Hughes conduct at his college during his senior year? Why was this issue important to Hughes?

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

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

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

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

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

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