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

2. How many monkeys were on the S. S. Malone?
(a) About twenty.
(b) About thirty.
(c) Only one.
(d) About fifteen.

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

4. When Hughes and his stepfather took Jocko to the pool hall, what happened?
(a) Jocko went home with another family.
(b) Jocko broke a tray of glasses and was kicked out of the poolhall.
(c) Jocko picked the pockets of the men in the pool hall.
(d) Jocko destroyed the pool table pad and his stepfather had to replace it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine awarded Hughes his first poetry prize?

2. What was "Fire?"

3. What area of the country was discussed by Harlem artists as the new place to live?

4. What souvenir did Hughes jump in the bullfighting ring just after the fight to get?

5. After he returned to America from Italy, how much did Hughes figure his first European trip had cost him?

(see the answer key)

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