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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Art or Propaganda? High or Low Culture?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Negroes mimic according to Hurston?
(a) To be like others.
(b) To feel better.
(c) For money.
(d) For the fun; not to be like others.

2. What does Hurston say about Negro art?
(a) It's symmetrical and angular.
(b) It's fluid.
(c) It's harsh to the eye.
(d) It's easy on the eye.

3. Who cuts Cozzens with a razor from Pop Overton's shop in "Blades of Steel"?
(a) Pop Overton.
(b) Roger.
(c) Effie.
(d) Eight-ball.

4. Who is the author of "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?
(a) Hurston.
(b) Domingo.
(c) Hughes.
(d) Arthur A. Schomberg.

5. Whose growls are heard by the people at the end of "Uncle Monday"?
(a) The giraffe's.
(b) The crocodile's.
(c) The alligator's.
(d) The dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the boxer from the essay "Wedding Day" leave America to go to?

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

3. What does Johnson say about the Negro Manhattan?

4. What do the essays in the section "Afro-American Identity - Who Am I" have in common?

5. What characteristic does the attitude of the "New Crowd" take?

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