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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Reflections on the Renaissance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is said that the "New Negro" will not allow from politicians in "The New Negro - What Is He"?
(a) To campaign in their area.
(b) To make empty promises.
(c) To take their tax money.
(d) To diminsih their goals.

2. What does the poem immediately following "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts" by Countee Cullen address?
(a) The history of her artwork.
(b) Her thoughts on Africa.
(c) How to become a successful Negroe.
(d) Her thoughts on Harlem.

3. In "A Negro Nation Within the Nation", who does the author say needs to plan for the whole?
(a) The working class.
(b) Rich people.
(c) Poor people.
(d) Educated people.

4. What does Locke analyze in relation to the conditions and movement of the "new Negro"?
(a) What motivated them to move.
(b) Where they move and migrateto.
(c) Trends and their tendencies to move.
(d) Why they migrated to the locations they chose.

5. Who is the author of "Go Down Death"?
(a) Hughes.
(b) Hurston.
(c) Cullen.
(d) James Weldon Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic does the attitude of the "New Crowd" take?

2. How many pen names does Thurman write under, according to Hughes in "The Big Sea"?

3. What does Cullen seem to indicate about heaven in her poem "She of the Dancing Feet Sings"?

4. What aspect of the Negro culture does Locke discuss?

5. In exchange of going to a nightclub, where would Negroes go to have fun in "The Big Sea"?

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