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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 denies any charges that he or she incurs during an interview with McKay?
(a) Hamid.
(b) Thurman.
(c) Powell.
(d) Hassi.

2. Who believes Africans did not add any words to the English language?
(a) No one.
(b) Hurston.
(c) Some etymologists.
(d) Hughes.

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

4. What does the author of "The Negro Digs up His Past" attribute his ideology to?
(a) Reclaimed background of the race as a whole.
(b) Self motivation.
(c) Self knowledge.
(d) His desire to be famous.

5. Who cuts Cozzens with a razor from Pop Overton's shop in "Blades of Steel"?
(a) Effie.
(b) Pop Overton.
(c) Roger.
(d) Eight-ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was formed as a response to the police's refusals in Johnson's essay?

2. What is the title of Hughes's poem that points out that artistic endeavors can release the "hurt in your heart"?

3. What does Cullen seem to indicate about heaven in her poem "She of the Dancing Feet Sings"?

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

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

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