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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which essay addresses the August 1900 incident?
(a) "Garrveyism".
(b) "American Negro".
(c) "Black Manhattan".
(d) "The New Negro".
2. Who supposedly bewitches the main character of "Luani of the Jungles"?
(a) A young Negro woman.
(b) A fortune teller.
(c) A Negro sailor.
(d) A gypsy.
3. What age does Cullen specifically focus on in her writings?
(a) Children.
(b) Adults.
(c) Infants.
(d) Teenagers.
4. What does Alain Locke suggest in "The New Negro" about the "old Negro"?
(a) The "old Negro"has completely died out.
(b) The "old Negro" desires what the "new Negro" wants.
(c) The "old Negro" is very much active.
(d) The "old Negro" is nothing more than a myth or ideal.
5. What does Garvey hope to achieve from his plan to build an empire in Africa?
(a) A community.
(b) Fellowship among tribes.
(c) A new ideology.
(d) A reward to the most loyal to the Negro race.
6. According to Garvey, what should the "New Negro" be handed while building an empire in Africa?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Aristocracy and privilege.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Fame.
7. Who is the author of "A New Crowd - A New Negro"?
(a) Domingo.
(b) Garvey.
(c) Randolph.
(d) James Weldon Johnson.
8. What is the name of the girl who diffuses the altercation in the barber shop in "Blades of Steel"?
(a) Fluffy.
(b) Fefe.
(c) Effie.
(d) Effy.
9. What does the main character of "Sweat" do for a living?
(a) Keeps house.
(b) Laundry for "white folks".
(c) Cleans for "white folks".
(d) Cooks for "white folks".
10. What is the essay "To a Dark Girl" about?
(a) A pen pal.
(b) Growing past slavery.
(c) Growing up.
(d) Leaving home.
11. What does the poem immediately following "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts" by Countee Cullen address?
(a) Her thoughts on Harlem.
(b) Her thoughts on Africa.
(c) The history of her artwork.
(d) How to become a successful Negroe.
12. What fact does Locke cite at the end of "American Negro" in relation to outsider's perceptions?
(a) They do not understand the Negro race.
(b) They are slowly seeing humans in the Negro race.
(c) They see only what they want to see.
(d) They are being studied and not debated about.
13. Who says "white folks is white" in one of Cullen's poems?
(a) Aunt Em.
(b) Uncle Jem.
(c) Uncle Jim.
(d) Aunt Jem.
14. What is the main character of "Sweat" afraid of?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Heights.
(c) Love.
(d) Snakes.
15. In "Africa for the Africans", what does Domingo say about the enslavement of Negroes?
(a) Negroes haves been manipulated into killing and enslaving Negroes.
(b) They were all enslaved once.
(c) Africa enslaved the most slaves before the US Civil War.
(d) Enslavement still exists today.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Locke say unites the "American Negro"?
2. What does the "old crowd" recommend in "A New Crowd - A New Negro"?
3. According to Garvey, what does he feel is the opposite result of the construction of a great African nation?
4. What does Locke notice about the bars and clubs in "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts"?
5. What characteristic does the attitude of the "New Crowd" take?
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