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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does his mother receive while they are there?
(a) A letter from his stepfather.
(b) News about her sister.
(c) Good care at a reasonable price from a black physician.
(d) Cancer treatments.

2. Into what language are Langston's poems translated?
(a) Uzbek.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Russian.
(d) Chinese.

3. Where does Langston stay the following summer in order to complete his first novel?
(a) Harlem.
(b) On Lincoln's campus.
(c) Carmel, California.
(d) New York City.

4. How does Fisk College reward Hughes for reading his poems at their college?
(a) In a large fee.
(b) With a thank you dinner.
(c) With free college tuition.
(d) With an article in the local paper.

5. What does Langston think about his father?
(a) He wonders what he is up to.
(b) He never wants to see him again.
(c) He should write to him soon.
(d) He misses him.

6. What has this place become?
(a) A church.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A club.
(d) A theater company.

7. What is the name of the theater in Los Angeles?
(a) The Next Apollo Theater.
(b) The New Negro Theater.
(c) The African Theater.
(d) The New Harlem Theater.

8. 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 do not feel comfortable staying in hotels.
(c) They do not trust white people.
(d) They are often unwelcome in hotels.

9. Who is Jesse B. Simple?
(a) One of Langston's characters.
(b) A member of the Black Renaissance that Langston had met.
(c) A character in one of Langston's poems.
(d) Langston's best friend.

10. When he returned to Harlem in January of 1938, what does Langston do?
(a) He helps build a theater for blacks called the Harlem Suitcase Theater.
(b) He writes a play.
(c) He runs the Harlem Suitcase Theater.
(d) He protests the war.

11. What does Hughes do before leaving for Paris?
(a) He writes an article about preparing to leave.
(b) He says goodbye to his familly.
(c) He visits the South one last time.
(d) He fills out his will.

12. Who is Aimie Semple McPherson?
(a) A politician.
(b) A Communist.
(c) A housewife.
(d) An evangelist.

13. What is significant about Jesse B. Simple?
(a) He is very influential in Langston's life.
(b) It is the longest running and perhaps greatest influence on the black community.
(c) His poem is the most published of all African American writings.
(d) He is a simple man, like many people.

14. How is "The Big Sea" received by many critics?
(a) Only slightly.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Not at all.
(d) Warmly.

15. Who does Simple represent?
(a) The average African American trying to make it in a white society.
(b) The famous black Americans.
(c) Artists.
(d) The members of the Black Renaissance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Langston tour for the entirety of the summer?

2. How does Langston decide to use his pay from the film?

3. Where does Hughes live in Barcelona?

4. What do Langston and Zell Ingram, a friend from Cleveland, decide to do?

5. With what is Hughes' poetry often infused?

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