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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. Who was Captain Ralph Quarles?
(a) Captain of the ship on which the Hughes came to America.
(b) Hughes's maternal great-grandfather.
(c) Captain of the S.S. Malone.
(d) Hughes's paternal great-grandfather.

2. Where did Hughes's father want him to go to school to study three languages at once?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) America.
(d) Switzerland.

3. What is the name of the famous poem Hughes wrote on the train trip to Mexico?
(a) "Too Many Rivers To Cross."
(b) "The Negro's Poem."
(c) "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
(d) "Rivers Run Deep."

4. Who was one person Dr. Locke arranged for Hughes to meet in Paris?
(a) Raymond Carver.
(b) Paul Guillaume.
(c) Charles de Gaulle.
(d) Maria Callas.

5. What was the name of the poem that won Hughes his first poetry prize?
(a) "The Weary Blues."
(b) "The Black Man's Blues."
(c) "The Blues Woman."
(d) "The Black Walking Stick."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was George from?

2. What did one sailor pass off as French francs in one small French colony African town?

3. Who came to Annette's rescue at fight at the Grand Duc?

4. In whose honor was the first burial at sea Hughes participated in?

5. Who was singing "everybody loves my baby, but my baby don't love no one but me" at the NAACP fundraiser Hughes attended?

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