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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. Which of the following does the author of "A New Crowd - A New Negro" NOT describe as a necessary characteristic of a new leader?
(a) Educated.
(b) Radical.
(c) Handsome.
(d) Young.

2. What does the poem, "Poem", say the author has in common with the "little brown boy"?
(a) She too feels repressed.
(b) She is also happy.
(c) She is also brown.
(d) She is also a jig.

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

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

5. Who was selected president for the group that was formed in response to the police's refusals?
(a) William Bradford.
(b) William H. Brooks.
(c) Willy Breaks.
(d) Bill Brooks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnicity is Paul in the essay "Cane"?

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

3. What are the names of McKay's two poems?

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

5. Who says that those participating in the riots were acting out of self-defense?

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