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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alma Mater—Post Script.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the missionaries aboard the S.S. Malone react to their passage to Africa upon the ship?
(a) They wrote letters commending the captain for the good spirit on his ship.
(b) They booked passage home on the S.S. Malone.
(c) They complained to the Maritime Board and to the governor of New York.
(d) They complained to the main office and threatened to sue the company.

2. What was the name of Hughes's first novel?
(a) "Not Without Tears."
(b) "Not Without Laughter."
(c) "Not Without Regrets."
(d) "Not Without Tribulations."

3. What happened to Hughes to make it possible for him to write "Not Without Laughter?"
(a) A grant from the NAACVP.
(b) Fudnign from the Urban Leaugue.
(c) The financial support of his patron.
(d) He received a large royalty check for some of his poems.

4. Where did Hughes finally find a job?
(a) At a restaurant as a cook.
(b) At a library shelving books.
(c) At a little club as the doorman.
(d) At a hotel as a bellboy.

5. Why did Hughes take the summer off from the Grand Duc to go to Italy in the summer?
(a) Dr. Locke invited Hughes to spend the summer with him in Rome.
(b) Hughes was fired from his job.
(c) Hughes met a woman and followed her to England.
(d) The Grand Duc closed for the summer until September.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Rayford Logan?

2. Who brought the disciples of Gurdjieff to Harlem?

3. What new hotel opened in New York, did not allow Negroes to work or to stay as guests, that inspired Hughes to write a poem about it?

4. What was "Fire?"

5. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?

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