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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the author of "Blades of Steel"?
2. Who gives a list of leaders who fall under the category of the "Old Crowd"?
3. What specifically does Hughes describe in his impression of Harlem?
4. Which of the following does the author of "A New Crowd - A New Negro" NOT describe as a necessary characteristic of a new leader?
5. What ethnicity is Paul in the essay "Cane"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Randolph's description of how the "new crowd" should behave in his essay "A New Crowd - A New Negro".
2. Describe what theme the first essays in the section "New Negro Radicalism" have in common.
3. Discuss what Locke describes as " a new vision of opportunity" in "The New Negro".
4. Describe the August 1900 incident that occurs in "Black Manhattan".
5. Discuss what happens in Fisher's story "Blades of Steel".
6. Describe what W. A. Domingo writes the "New Negro" must be able to do in "If We Must Die".
7. Discuss the prejudice shown in "Wedding Day" by Gwendolyn Bennett.
8. Describe what Marcus A. Garvey's "Africa for Africans" reasons.
9. Discuss how James Weldon Johnson describes Harlem in "Black Manhattan".
10. Describe what happens in Jean Toomer's story "Cane".
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss James Weldon Johnson's work "Black Manhattan" and the importance of the August 1900 incident and what happened to make this event infamous. Detail the events that were a response to the incident that progressed Negroes to fight for their rights.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast how the term renaissance applies to the literature of "Voices from the Harlem Renaissance" and how America had its own literary renaissance in the early 1900s.
Essay Topic 3
Explain what Locke means when he uses the term "American Negro". Also discuss how this term fits with his idea of Negroes behavior as a stereotype.
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