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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. What are the names of McKay's two poems?
(a) "Mulatto" and "America".
(b) "Africa" and "Mulatto".
(c) "America" and "Africa".
(d) "Asia" and "Africa".

2. What does McKay describe in "A Long Way from Home"?
(a) His journey home.
(b) The arrival at Ellis Island.
(c) His journey away from home.
(d) Mileage.

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

4. What does Hurston later give credit to a "jook" being?
(a) A house.
(b) A food.
(c) A song.
(d) A type of movement or dance.

5. Who is the author of "Fifty Years"?
(a) Domingo.
(b) Toomer.
(c) Hughes.
(d) James Weldon Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the police officer who is stabbed and killed in Johnson's essay?

2. Who is the author of "Song of the Son"?

3. What does the author of "The Negro Digs up His Past" attribute his ideology to?

4. What question is posed in regards to leadership roles of "A New Crowd - A New Negro"?

5. How many pieces of art does the last section in "Afro-American Past - History and Folk Tradition" have?

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