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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afro-American Past - History and Folk Tradition; Visual Arts: To Celebrate Blackness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What essay concludes with the idea that labor organizations should "harness the discontent of Negroes" in order to obtain "working class emancipation"?
(a) "From the Messenger - A Menace to Radicalism".
(b) "Garveyism".
(c) "Black Manhattan".
(d) "If We Must Die".

2. What is the title of Marcus A. Garvey's essay that follows "Garveyism"?
(a) "Africa for the Africans".
(b) If We Must Die".
(c) "The New Negro- What Is He".
(d) "The New Negro".

3. Who believes Africans did not add any words to the English language?
(a) Hurston.
(b) Some etymologists.
(c) Hughes.
(d) No one.

4. What does Hurston think about the originality of Negro artwork?
(a) It's appealing.
(b) She thinks it is unoriginal.
(c) It is original, although often discredited.
(d) It's abstract.

5. Who supposedly bewitches the main character of "Luani of the Jungles"?
(a) A gypsy.
(b) A fortune teller.
(c) A Negro sailor.
(d) A young Negro woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does McKay describe in "A Long Way from Home"?

2. How many outcomes does Randolph attribute to Mr. Garvey's ideals in "Garveyism"?

3. What follows the essay "A Long Way from Home"?

4. What happens to Sykes?

5. What is being seen among the heritage of the minorities in "Race Pride"?

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