The Big Sea: An Autobiography Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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The Big Sea: An Autobiography Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When the Negro Was In Vogue—Nigger Heaven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hughes never go to the Cotton Club in Harlem?
(a) It was not open when he not working.
(b) It was Jim Crow club for gangsters and rich whites.
(c) He did not know big name musicians were playing there.
(d) The club closed in 1923.

2. In whose honor was the first burial at sea Hughes participated in?
(a) His friend Francis Carco.
(b) The Chief Steward.
(c) The Chief Engineer of his ship.
(d) His roomate George.

3. How did Hughes feel about Columbia once he started college there?
(a) He was homesick for Cleveland.
(b) He loved it.
(c) He did not like it.
(d) He was bored and tired of it.

4. What was "Fire?"
(a) A "Negro Quarterly of the Arts" published by Hughes and other influential blacks.
(b) A "Quarterly for Negro Intellectuals" first published in 1927.
(c) A book written by Wallace Thurman.
(d) A magazine started by John Davis to expose new black writers.

5. How did Hughes feel when he arrived in Harlem for the first time?
(a) Nervous and uncertain.
(b) Lost and confused.
(c) Frightened and regretful.
(d) Happy and excited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was A'Lelia Walker?

2. Where did Hughes's ship land on Christmas eve in 1923?

3. Who were Pail Robeson, Florence Mills, Bessie Smith and Roland Hayes?

4. What was the "mother ship?"

5. Who did Rudolph Fisher sing with while he was in college?

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