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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 attribute to the migration of the "new Negro"?
(a) "A desire to reach "home".
(b) "A new vision of opportunity".
(c) "A desire for the old way of life".
(d) "A new born optimism".

2. According to Locke, why have Negroes been treated a certain way?
(a) Sterotypes.
(b) Lack of love.
(c) Lack of money.
(d) Lack of education.

3. How many pieces of art does the last section in "Afro-American Past - History and Folk Tradition" have?
(a) 20
(b) 51.
(c) 26.
(d) 25.

4. Who is always one step higher than the Negroes, according to Schuyler?
(a) Mechanics.
(b) Farmer's.
(c) The poorest of the poor.
(d) The next poorest.

5. What is Locke describing when he says "its a place inhabited and controlled by Negroes of many different walks of life"?
(a) Africa.
(b) Capetown.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Brooklyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Negroes mimic according to Hurston?

2. What fact does Locke cite at the end of "American Negro" in relation to outsider's perceptions?

3. Who is the author of "Blades of Steel"?

4. What does the author of "Go Down Death" describe the poem as?

5. What technique does Hurston discuss in "Spiritual and Neo-Spiritual"?

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