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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. According to Locke, how do Negroes respond to their treatment by other races?
(a) They use it as an excuse to behave the way they do.
(b) They back down.
(c) They allow themselves to be ridiculed.
(d) They fight back.

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

3. What is the essay "To a Dark Girl" about?
(a) Leaving home.
(b) A pen pal.
(c) Growing past slavery.
(d) Growing up.

4. What does Johnson say about the Negro Manhattan?
(a) He loves it.
(b) It's the most beautiful and healthful.
(c) It's dilapidated.
(d) It's overpopulated.

5. Who says "white folks is white" in one of Cullen's poems?
(a) Uncle Jim.
(b) Uncle Jem.
(c) Aunt Em.
(d) Aunt Jem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the essay "Sweat" about?

2. What is suggested that the whites must do in "Race Pride"?

3. What does Locke say unites the "American Negro"?

4. What does Locke attribute to the migration of the "new Negro"?

5. Which of the following is NOT a poem included by Hughes in the section "Afro American Identity - Who am I"?

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