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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. What neighborhood in Paris did Hughes walk through to look for a job and a place to live?
(a) Downtown.
(b) Place de la Concorde.
(c) Montmartre.
(d) The Left Bank.

2. What was in the third box Nagary showed to Hughes and Pey the evening they spent in Burutu?
(a) Silks, satins, and dyed cottons.
(b) British and French notes and currency.
(c) Ivory bracelets, tusks, and figures.
(d) Gold jewelry, diamonds, and ivory.

3. In his anecdote about the strawberry greens at dinner, what had the other diners done with the green stems?
(a) No one else had teh green stems on their strawberries.
(b) No one else had strawberries except Hughes.
(c) Others had eaten the stems with their ice cream.
(d) Others had simply left the stems on their plates.

4. Who was A'Lelia Walker?
(a) A society woman who gave frequent and grand parties.
(b) A patron of the arts who hired Hughes to write for her.
(c) A singer in a Harlem nightclub.
(d) The wife of an important politician.

5. When did Hughes finally leave Mexico to return to America?
(a) September, 1921.
(b) August, 1921.
(c) October, 1920.
(d) September, 1923.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hughes finally find a job?

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

3. Where did Zora Neale Hurston attend college?

4. Where did Hughes find work the summer after his freshman year at Columbia?

5. How did Hughes think poems were like rainbows?

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