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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. In the spring of 1937 for whom does Hughes travel to Spain as a correspondent?
(a) The African American, a Baltimore based publication.
(b) The Crisis, a New York based publication.
(c) Time, a New York based publication.
(d) The Baltimore, a Baltimore based publication.
2. Where does this trip south take Langston?
(a) To famous theaters.
(b) To colleges, high schools, and local meeting places.
(c) To community centers and high schools.
(d) To unversities and concert halls.
3. For how long does "Don't You Want to Be Free?" run?
(a) One hundred and thirty-five consecutive performances.
(b) One hundred and fifteen consecutive performances.
(c) Two hundred and twenty-five consecutive performances.
(d) Nintey-five consecutive performances.
4. What do Langston and Zell Ingram, a friend from Cleveland, decide to do?
(a) Travel to the South.
(b) Travel to Paris.
(c) Travel to California.
(d) Travel to Asia.
5. When does the first Simple story appear in the Chicago Defender?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1943.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Langston continue to submit plays?
2. How does Langston decide to use his pay from the film?
3. What does Mrs. Bethune ask Langston to do for her students?
4. Where does Hughes live in Barcelona?
5. How much success does Langston have with these submissions?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Langston write the poem "Tomorrow's Seed."
2. What does Langston do, while he is in Chicago?
3. How is Langston able to tour the American South for the entirety of the summer?
4. What does Langston do upon returning to the United States?
5. What does Langston do after his first year at Lincoln?
6. What poetry does Hughes write during this summer?
7. What happens to the movie for which Hughes had been asked to become a writer?
8. Describe Langston's poetry-reading tour.
9. What does Langston do while in Carmel, California?
10. What does Aimie Semple McPherson say about Langston?
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