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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. Who is the author of "Go Down Death"?
(a) Hurston.
(b) Cullen.
(c) Hughes.
(d) James Weldon Johnson.

2. What does the author of "The Negro Digs up His Past" attribute his ideology to?
(a) Reclaimed background of the race as a whole.
(b) Self knowledge.
(c) Self motivation.
(d) His desire to be famous.

3. What does Cullen seem to wonder in her poem "She of the Dancing Feet Sings"?
(a) If she can dance.
(b) If she can sing and dance simultaneously.
(c) If she can sing.
(d) What her role will be in Heaven.

4. What was formed as a response to the police's refusals in Johnson's essay?
(a) Protection Gangs.
(b) Leagues of Prtection.
(c) Citizens Protective League.
(d) Citizen Protection.

5. What does the poem "Old Black Men" describe?
(a) They're relationships.
(b) They're color.
(c) They're age.
(d) The old men realize life hasn't turned out as they planned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fisher note about the Cabaret dancers in his essay, "The Caucasian Storms Harlem"?

2. What kind of changes does Locke see in the overall perception of Negroes?

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

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?

5. What does the author of "The Negro Digs Up His Past" conclude with?

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