This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afro-American Past - History and Folk Tradition; Visual Arts: To Celebrate Blackness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who hates the main character of "Sweat"?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her mom.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her husband.

2. What is being seen among the heritage of the minorities in "Race Pride"?
(a) A new appreciation of their lives.
(b) A protection of their race.
(c) A new commitment to bettering their race.
(d) A new pride.

3. What does Locke question in "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts"?
(a) How Negro art forms were formed.
(b) The popularity of Negro arts.
(c) What makes something art.
(d) The ancestry of art.

4. Who is the essay "Sweat" about?
(a) Delia.
(b) Hot summers in Mississippi.
(c) Dede.
(d) Hurston's life.

5. What is the name of the police officer who is stabbed and killed in Johnson's essay?
(a) Robert Thorpe.
(b) Bobby Therron.
(c) Rob Thorne.
(d) Robert Thatcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What essay concludes with the idea that labor organizations should "harness the discontent of Negroes" in order to obtain "working class emancipation"?

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

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

4. When was "Fifty Years" written?

5. Who believes Africans did not add any words to the English language?

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