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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Reflections on the Renaissance.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author say about Negro men and slave trade in "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?
(a) Some Negro men were active in halting the slave trade.
(b) No Negro men were allowed to work the slave trade.
(c) White men forced Negro men to work.
(d) Some Negro men were active in running the slave trade.

3. Who is given credit to be the first Negro poet to be able to "rise to a height from which he could take a perspective view of his own race"?
(a) Paulene Laurence.
(b) Lauren Dunbar.
(c) Paul Laurence Dunbar.
(d) Paul Doohey.

4. Who hates the main character of "Sweat"?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her mom.
(d) Her son.

5. Who is the author of the poem "Conception"?
(a) Cullen.
(b) Hughes.
(c) Cuney.
(d) Hurston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Art or Propaganda"?

2. What is Hurston's story "Shouting" about?

3. What is the title of Jess Redmond's poem?

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

5. What does Locke analyze in relation to the conditions and movement of the "new Negro"?

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