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

2. According to "Harlem Runs Wild", who lends his support to the Negro Industrial and Clerical Alliance?
(a) Reverend Smith.
(b) Reverend Adam Powell.
(c) Pastor Jones.
(d) Preacher Powell.

3. Who wrote "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"?
(a) Rudolph.
(b) Hughes.
(c) Domingo.
(d) Helene Johnson.

4. How does Thurman die in "The Big Sea"?
(a) He was stabbed.
(b) A car accident.
(c) From cancer.
(d) From tuberculosis.

5. Who is the author of "A Negro Nation Within the Nation"?
(a) McKay.
(b) DuBois.
(c) Hughes.
(d) Helene Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the main person in "Barrel Staves" find a job?

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

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

4. What do the police refuse in response to the murdered police officer in Johnson's essay?

5. What does the author say about Negro men and slave trade in "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?

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