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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. What did Hughes's father finally do for his son?
(a) Sent him home to Cleveland.
(b) Bought him land in Mexico.
(c) Shipped him off to Africa.
(d) Offered to pay for school in Columbia.

2. Who did Rudolph Fisher sing with while he was in college?
(a) Paul Robeson.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Josephine Baker.
(d) Besie Smith.

3. What famous author wrote the book "cane?"
(a) Julia Peterkin.
(b) Jean Toomer.
(c) Margery Latimer.
(d) James Weldon Johnson.

4. Where did Hughes find a job when he returned to New York?
(a) Working on a ship bound for Africa.
(b) Working on a ship bound for Bali.
(c) Working on a ship bound for China.
(d) Working on a ship bound for Constantinople and Odessa.

5. Who was Florence?
(a) Florence Embry, the singer at the Grand Duc.
(b) Florence Henderson, the actress from America.
(c) Florence Nightingale, the writer from Paris.
(d) Florence McCay, the singer at Zelli's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "mother ship?"

2. Where did Sonya finally find a job?

3. Who was A'Lelia Walker?

4. How did Hughes get the money for the pullman car from Washington to McKeesport?

5. Who brought the disciples of Gurdjieff to Harlem?

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