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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 is the essay "Sweat" about?
(a) Dede.
(b) Hurston's life.
(c) Delia.
(d) Hot summers in Mississippi.

2. Why has democracy worked so well in America, according to "Our Greatest Gift to America"?
(a) Skin color measures a man's worth.
(b) Negroes are inferior to the government.
(c) It divides the power evenly.
(d) White's are supreme in this way of living.

3. What are the names of McKay's two poems?
(a) "Mulatto" and "America".
(b) "Asia" and "Africa".
(c) "Africa" and "Mulatto".
(d) "America" and "Africa".

4. What do the essays in the section "Afro-American Identity - Who Am I" have in common?
(a) Negroes desire to learn.
(b) Where negroes came from.
(c) They connect Negroe relationships with their white counterparts.
(d) Negroes ancestry.

5. How many pieces of art does the last section in "Afro-American Past - History and Folk Tradition" have?
(a) 51.
(b) 25.
(c) 26.
(d) 20

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to "Harlem Runs Wild", who is the leader of the Negro Industrial and Clerical Alliance?

3. According to "Our Greatest Gift to America", where do Negroes frequently spend their time?

4. What does Hurston later give credit to a "jook" being?

5. In which essay does Garvey outline the specifics of his plan to establish an empire in Africa?

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