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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. Does Langston have any interest in poetry?
(a) Quite a bit.
(b) A lot.
(c) Little.
(d) None.

2. Which of Hughes' works is published during this summer?
(a) Mulatto and A House in Taos.
(b) Prodigal Son and Mulatto.
(c) A House in Taos and Not Without Laughter.
(d) Prodigal Son and Not Without Laughter.

3. Why is Lincoln known as the "black Princeton?"
(a) The courses are similar to those at Princeton.
(b) Many of the black students would later attend graduate school at Princeton.
(c) Many of the black faculty had gone to Princeton.
(d) Many of the white faculty had gone to Princeton.

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

5. Does Langston finish college at Columbia?
(a) No, but he attends graduate school there.
(b) No, because he transfers to NYU.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where do Langston and his mother move back?

2. In Africa, how is Hughes considered?

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

4. In New Orleans, what job does Hughes take?

5. How does Langston pass the time in Mexico?

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