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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spectacles in Color—Not Without Laughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Bruce the chef's reaction to being fired from the Grand Duc?
(a) He clamly walked out of the back door and set the back of the building on fire.
(b) He left without saying a word to anyone.
(c) He screamed at the boss and threw a chair at him.
(d) He threatened the boss with a sharp kitchen knife, frightening customers away.

2. What rivers were on Hughes's mind when he wrote his famous poem on the way to Mexico?
(a) The MIssissippi, Appalachian, Ural and the Nile.
(b) The Mississippi, Rio Grande, Niger and the Nile.
(c) The Mississippi, Congo, Niger, and the Nile.
(d) The Mississippi, Missouri, and the Nile.

3. What did Locke want to talk with Hughes about during their lunch together in Paris?
(a) He wanted to talk to Hughes about literary life in Paris.
(b) He wanted to read some of Hughes's poetry.
(c) He wanted to offer Hughes a job in New York.
(d) He wanted to learn more about the Left Bank in Paris.

4. What poem of Hughes won first prize in Witter Bynner's Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Contest in 1926?
(a) "A House in Taos."
(b) "Walking Stick."
(c) "A Raisin in the Sun."
(d) "Wandering Fool."

5. What was the name of the dormitory at Columbia in which Hughes lived?
(a) Hartland Hall.
(b) Hartley Hall.
(c) Humphrey Hall.
(d) Hagred Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hughes's job on the ship across the ocean?

2. Who took over Hughes's English classes when he left Mexico?

3. What did Hughes do with the twenty dollars he received from Crisis for his story?

4. Where did Hughes go to live when he was in second grade?

5. Why did Hughes want to return to college?

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