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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. What age does Cullen specifically focus on in her writings?
(a) Children.
(b) Infants.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) Adults.

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

3. What does Locke attribute to the migration of the "new Negro"?
(a) "A desire for the old way of life".
(b) "A desire to reach "home".
(c) "A new vision of opportunity".
(d) "A new born optimism".

4. What ethnicity is Paul in the essay "Cane"?
(a) Italian.
(b) It never says directly.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Indian.

5. Who sings "Shake that Thing" at local bars in the essay by Claude McKay?
(a) Banjo.
(b) Banyo.
(c) Banjy.
(d) Benny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which story calls for donations to a defense fund for those accused of participation in recent riots?

2. What is the influence of the Negro's heritage artwork compared to in "The Negro-Art Hokum"?

3. What specifically does Hughes describe in his impression of Harlem?

4. What must the "New Negro" be willing to do in "A New Crowd - What Is He"?

5. Whose idea was that the Negro race is part of a greater destiny?

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