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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, Theater in a Suitcase.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Langston meet in Ashkhabad?
(a) A reporter named Allan Cumming.
(b) A reporter named Arthur Koestler.
(c) A dancer who becomes his girlfriend.
(d) An actress who is also a writer.

2. In what does Hughes become interested?
(a) Dance.
(b) Theater.
(c) Social issues.
(d) Writing.

3. Why do Lucas and Hughes spend most of their evenings as guests in black households?
(a) They are welcomed by the communities they visit.
(b) They are often unwelcome in hotels.
(c) They do not feel comfortable staying in hotels.
(d) They do not trust white people.

4. Where do Langston's poems continue to appear?
(a) In The Crisis.
(b) In Fire.
(c) In Columbia University's paper.
(d) In the Black Renaissance.

5. What has Langston's mother just done?
(a) Divorced his father.
(b) Had another child.
(c) Remarried.
(d) Moved in with her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hughes' only friend in Africa?

2. Why does Langston become depressed?

3. What does this group of individuals decide to create?

4. What does Langston do on the train ride to Mexico?

5. Who does Langston take with him when he meets the editors of The Crisis?

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