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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alien Gospel or Source of Inspiration?; Alienation, Anger, Rage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Locke say unites the "American Negro"?
(a) A common race.
(b) A common heritage.
(c) A common experience.
(d) A common ideology.

2. What is Hurston's story "Shouting" about?
(a) Shouting in fear.
(b) Shouting in religious ceremonies.
(c) Shouting in anger.
(d) Shouting in torment.

3. Who is the author of "A Southern Road"?
(a) Helene Johnson.
(b) Hughes.
(c) Domingo.
(d) James Weldon Johnson.

4. What is the title of the poem by Hughes that explains how life is not always a straight path, but a journey to rise?
(a) "Mother to Son".
(b) "Dream Variations".
(c) "Run to Rise".
(d) "Song for a Dark Girl".

5. What do the police refuse in response to the murdered police officer in Johnson's essay?
(a) A trial for the officer's murderer.
(b) Any calls regarding the murder.
(c) Protective custody for Negroes seeking help.
(d) Peace among the Negroes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poem "Old Black Men" describe?

2. What does Hurston examine in "Spiritual and Neo-Spiritual"?

3. Who cuts Cozzens with a razor from Pop Overton's shop in "Blades of Steel"?

4. What does Locke attribute to the migration of the "new Negro"?

5. In the poem "If We Must Die", what does McKay compare the killings of his race to?

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