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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. According to Locke, how do Negroes respond to their treatment by other races?
(a) They allow themselves to be ridiculed.
(b) They fight back.
(c) They use it as an excuse to behave the way they do.
(d) They back down.

2. Who is the 3 line poem about?
(a) The Union Soldiers.
(b) God.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Jesus.

3. What is the title of McKay's poem where people gather around a lynched man?
(a) "To Witness Lynching".
(b) "The Lynched".
(c) "The Lynching".
(d) "Lynched: Past and Present".

4. What do most of the poems in the section "Alien Gospel or Source of Inspiration?; Alienation, Anger, Rage" have in common?
(a) They have unclear meanings.
(b) They are full of symbolism.
(c) They have clear meanings.
(d) They are full or irony.

5. What does the author of "The Negro Digs Up His Past" conclude with?
(a) He presents an idea that a new day has come for Negroes.
(b) With a poem.
(c) With a song.
(d) With a challenge to the Negro race.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the police officer of Johnson's essay think the wife was doing on the street corner?

2. Who is the author of "Our Greatest Gift to America"?

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

4. According to Locke, why have Negroes been treated a certain way?

5. What does the boy buy Nicey at the end of "City Love"?

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