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

2. What is the title of Wallace Thurman's story?
(a) "Infant".
(b) "Youthful Summer".
(c) "Infants of Spring".
(d) "Springtime".

3. Which story calls for donations to a defense fund for those accused of participation in recent riots?
(a) "If We Must Die".
(b) "Defense of the Negro Rioters".
(c) "The New Negro".
(d) "Garveyism".

4. What is the title of James Weldon Johnson's book that details events about Negro artists in general and poets in particular?
(a) "Study of Negro Artistry".
(b) "Negro Artist's and Poet's Revisited".
(c) "The Book of American Negro Poetry".
(d) "Study of Works by Negroes".

5. What does the "New Negro" believe in?
(a) The rights to work with whites.
(b) The rights of equality.
(c) The rights of others and free press and assembly.
(d) The rights to be wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the conflict in "Sweat"?

2. Whose growls are heard by the people at the end of "Uncle Monday"?

3. In what essay does the author state that "a Negro will turn on another Negro if ordered"?

4. What was formed as a response to the police's refusals in Johnson's essay?

5. What does the "old crowd" recommend in "A New Crowd - A New Negro"?

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