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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 alligator's.
(b) The giraffe's.
(c) The crocodile's.
(d) The dogs.

2. According to Hughes, what does he find to be a subconscious belief in most Negro homes?
(a) To be white means wealth.
(b) To be white means power.
(c) To be white is better.
(d) That they are inferior to whites.

3. What does the "New Negro" believe in?
(a) The rights to work with whites.
(b) The rights of equality.
(c) The rights to be wealthy.
(d) The rights of others and free press and assembly.

4. Who is the author of "Blades of Steel"?
(a) Hughes.
(b) Fisher.
(c) Randolph.
(d) Domingo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke notice about the bars and clubs in "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts"?

2. What does Fisher miss when he is away at medical school in "The Caucasian Storms Harlem"?

3. What is the title of Marcus A. Garvey's essay that follows "Garveyism"?

4. What does Locke say unites the "American Negro"?

5. What is the biggest blockage for Negro artists, according to Hughes?

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