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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hughes refer to as the "years of Manhattan's black Renaissance"?
(a) The 1920's.
(b) The 1930's.
(c) The turn of the century.
(d) The early 1900's.

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

3. What was Troutbeck?
(a) The old farm of John Burroughs the naturalist.
(b) The kind of fish Hughes caught on his summer vacations.
(c) The name of the new college for black students in Memphis.
(d) The last name of Hughes' wife.

4. How did Dr. Alain Locke find Hughes in Paris?
(a) He looked him up in the phone book.
(b) He got his address from the magazine Crisis.
(c) He found out from Sonya.
(d) He spoke with Hughes' mother in New York.

5. What made Hughes the "town curiosity" while he was in Italy?
(a) He was tall.
(b) He was a black man.
(c) He was an American.
(d) He was very shy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Hughes robbed of his money and his passport?

2. What did Hughes hope to prove in his study of Lincoln University?

3. Where did Hughes stay when he arrived in Italy?

4. When Hughes wrote "The Big Sea," how many years had passed since he had worked on his survey?

5. Where did Hughes meet Vachel Lindsay?

Short Essay Questions

1. What survey did Hughes conduct at his college during his senior year? Why was this issue important to Hughes?

2. What happened to Hughes on his was back to France that changed his travel plans?

3. How did Hughes describe the wedding of Countee Cullen? Why was the wedding the talk of Harlem for a time? How was Hughes involved?

4. Who was Gladys Bentley? How did Hughes describe her?

5. What were some of the places in Italy Hughes saw aboard the ship headed for New York? What happened to him in Valencia?

6. Who was Bruce? Why did he become upset at work? What happened when the boss fired him? How did this affect Hughes?

7. What event brought Hughes to the South in 1927? How did he react to the South and southern cities?

8. While he was still in college, how did Hughes meet the woman who was to become his patron? What story did Hughes tell about their first meeting?

9. What did Florence do after the brawl at the Grand Duc? How did this affect the club and what did the owner finally do?

10. Why did Hughes travel to Italy for the summer? Where did he stay?

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