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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the African-American man's mother want him to do with what he learned on his travels?
(a) Become a chef.
(b) Become a writer.
(c) Start a new business.
(d) Teach what he learned to his people.

2. What city does "Negro" tell the audience she lives in?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Memphis.
(d) New York.

3. What did the African-American man's father feel about himself?
(a) He loved himself.
(b) He thought he was handsome.
(c) He hated himself.
(d) He thought he was wise.

4. The African-American man says his father tried to hurt himself at the end of Part 3. What did he try and do?
(a) Cut himself.
(b) Poison himself.
(c) Shoot himself.
(d) Hang himself.

5. At the end of Part 2, what does the African-American man claim he did?
(a) Went to prison.
(b) Became very successful.
(c) Raped a woman.
(d) Beat his father to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the African-American man and his family move to after their travels?

2. What color dress does the woman Adrienne Kennedy refers to as "Negro" wear?

3. What was happening to the person the African-American man dreamed about?

4. What did the African-American man's father do to his mother?

5. On what did "Negro" write poetry?

(see the answer key)

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