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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afro-American Identity - Who Am I?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What fact does Locke cite at the end of "American Negro" in relation to outsider's perceptions?
(a) They do not understand the Negro race.
(b) They see only what they want to see.
(c) They are slowly seeing humans in the Negro race.
(d) They are being studied and not debated about.

3. What is the conflict in "Sweat"?
(a) Sykes's beatings.
(b) Love.
(c) Deceit.
(d) Delia's husband is sleeping with another woman.

4. Who is the author of "Harlem Reviewed"?
(a) Nikki Court.
(b) Nicholas Cunard.
(c) Nicole Cunny.
(d) Nancy Cunard.

5. What kind of changes does Locke see in the overall perception of Negroes?
(a) Big, radical changes.
(b) Postive changes.
(c) Small changes.
(d) Negative changes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl who diffuses the altercation in the barber shop in "Blades of Steel"?

2. What age does Cullen specifically focus on in her writings?

3. According to Garvey, what does he feel is the opposite result of the construction of a great African nation?

4. Who wrote "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"?

5. What is "City Love" about?

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