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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Italy—Poetry is Practical.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Langston Hughes want to attend college?
(a) Yale in New Haven.
(b) Harvard in Boston.
(c) Columbia in New York City.
(d) Loyola in Chicago.

2. Where did Hughes's ship land on Christmas eve in 1923?
(a) Constantinople.
(b) Paris.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Rotterdam.

3. How did Hughes compare talking with Mr. Barnes about art?
(a) Like taking a college class.
(b) Like dining with a food critic.
(c) Like talking business with his father.
(d) Like drinking fine wine.

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

5. Why did the manager of the Grand Duc decide to fire Bruce, the chef?
(a) Because he was always late for work.
(b) Because customers complained of his food.
(c) Because of his negative attitude and complaints.
(d) Because no one who worked at the club could get along with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Africans Hughes met respond to his skin color?

2. What did people do on Seventh Street in Washington in 1924?

3. What made Hughes the "town curiosity" while he was in Italy?

4. Where did Hughes finally find a job?

5. With whom did Hughes stay his first night in New York City?

(see the answer key)

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