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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who starred in "La Revue Negre" in Paris with Maude Russell and Claude Hopkins?
2. What did Hughes hope to prove in his study of Lincoln University?
3. At Hughes's college, what was the racial makeup of the faculty?
4. What was the name of the poem that won Hughes his first poetry prize?
5. Who sang at A'Lelia Walker's funeral?
Short Essay Questions
1. What poem did Hughes submit in Witter Bynner's Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Contest? How did the poem fare?
2. What was hazing at Lincoln University? What kinds of things did hazing involve? What was Hughes's initiation ritual for his fraternity?
3. Who did Hughes call the "great Harlem party giver?" How did Hughes describe the parties and the hostess?
4. Why did Hughes travel to Italy for the summer? Where did he stay?
5. 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?
6. Who was Gladys Bentley? How did Hughes describe her?
7. What event brought Hughes to the South in 1927? How did he react to the South and southern cities?
8. 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?
9. What did Florence do after the brawl at the Grand Duc? How did this affect the club and what did the owner finally do?
10. Where was the Interracial Conference Hughes attended during his sophomore year located? What story did Hughes tell about this conference?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Hughes met a child, Edward, while in an African port. Hughes said his meetings with Edward inspired his best short story "African Morning." What was Edward's story? Why did Hughes find Edward's situation especially painful? Why did his encounter with Edward inspire a story?
Essay Topic 2
What was "The Weary Blues"? Discuss how Hughes came to write it, how it was received, and from where it got its title.
Essay Topic 3
In his autobiography, Hughes only mentions two women in whom he was romantically interested: Suzanna Jones from high school and Mary in Paris. The more important relationship was with Mary. Discuss their relationship. Who was Mary, and how did they meet? Did Hughes reveal how he really felt about Mary? What happened to their love affair, and how did it affect Hughes?
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