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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. Who arrived in America as a child and was purchased by a man in Boston?
(a) Phyllis Wheatley.
(b) Phil Wheatney.
(c) Phyllis Whitney.
(d) Eli Whitney.

2. According to Domingo, what are the men of the "Old Crowd" filled with?
(a) Men who are weak and old.
(b) Men who care for only themselves.
(c) Men who turn the other cheek.
(d) Men who fight.

3. Where does the main person in "Barrel Staves" find a job?
(a) At a carwash.
(b) At a theater.
(c) At a fruit stand.
(d) At a bank.

4. What is suggested that the whites must do in "Race Pride"?
(a) Stand a fight the fight.
(b) Leave Asian and African countries.
(c) Accept men as equal.
(d) Leave Asia and African countries or accept all men as equal.

5. What does Alain Locke suggest in "The New Negro" about the "old Negro"?
(a) The "old Negro" is nothing more than a myth or ideal.
(b) The "old Negro" desires what the "new Negro" wants.
(c) The "old Negro" is very much active.
(d) The "old Negro"has completely died out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hurston originally define the word "jook"?

2. What does the poem "Old Black Men" describe?

3. Who is the main person in "Barrel Staves" story by Bontemps?

4. Why has democracy worked so well in America, according to "Our Greatest Gift to America"?

5. In Johnson's essay, what is the name of the person who leaves his wife on a street corner, only to find her being harassed?

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