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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. How many facts does the author present in "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

2. What does Locke say unites the "American Negro"?
(a) A common race.
(b) A common experience.
(c) A common ideology.
(d) A common heritage.

3. Who sings "Shake that Thing" at local bars in the essay by Claude McKay?
(a) Banyo.
(b) Banjy.
(c) Benny.
(d) Banjo.

4. What does Locke notice about the bars and clubs in "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts"?
(a) Whites are serving Negroes.
(b) They are now attracting a white clientele.
(c) Whites are prohibited.
(d) Whites are just now being allowed to enter.

5. In "Africa for the Africans", what does Domingo say about the enslavement of Negroes?
(a) Africa enslaved the most slaves before the US Civil War.
(b) Enslavement still exists today.
(c) Negroes haves been manipulated into killing and enslaving Negroes.
(d) They were all enslaved once.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Locke, how do Negroes respond to their treatment by other races?

2. What animal remains by Aunt Judy Bickerstaff in "Uncle Monday" until she begins to doubt herself?

3. What does Alain Locke suggest in "The New Negro" about the "old Negro"?

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

5. Who says "white folks is white" in one of Cullen's poems?

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