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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Johnson say about the Negro Manhattan?
(a) He loves it.
(b) It's the most beautiful and healthful.
(c) It's dilapidated.
(d) It's overpopulated.

2. What does McKay describe in "A Long Way from Home"?
(a) The arrival at Ellis Island.
(b) His journey home.
(c) His journey away from home.
(d) Mileage.

3. In "Africa for the Africans", what does Domingo say about the enslavement of Negroes?
(a) They were all enslaved once.
(b) Enslavement still exists today.
(c) Negroes haves been manipulated into killing and enslaving Negroes.
(d) Africa enslaved the most slaves before the US Civil War.

4. What does the poem immediately following "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts" by Countee Cullen address?
(a) The history of her artwork.
(b) Her thoughts on Harlem.
(c) Her thoughts on Africa.
(d) How to become a successful Negroe.

5. Which of the following is NOT a poem included by Hughes in the section "Afro American Identity - Who am I"?
(a) "Negro".
(b) "Cross".
(c) "Crossing Jordan".
(d) "I Too Sing America".

6. What is Locke describing when he says "its a place inhabited and controlled by Negroes of many different walks of life"?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Capetown.
(c) Africa.
(d) Brooklyn.

7. What specifically does Hughes describe in his impression of Harlem?
(a) Underground trains.
(b) Negroes cuisine.
(c) Music.
(d) Graffiti.

8. What does the poem, "Poem", say the author has in common with the "little brown boy"?
(a) She too feels repressed.
(b) She is also brown.
(c) She is also happy.
(d) She is also a jig.

9. Which story calls for donations to a defense fund for those accused of participation in recent riots?
(a) "If We Must Die".
(b) "Defense of the Negro Rioters".
(c) "Garveyism".
(d) "The New Negro".

10. What ethnicity is Paul in the essay "Cane"?
(a) Italian.
(b) Indian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) It never says directly.

11. What does the main character of "Sweat" do for a living?
(a) Cooks for "white folks".
(b) Laundry for "white folks".
(c) Cleans for "white folks".
(d) Keeps house.

12. Which of the following does the author of "A New Crowd - A New Negro" NOT describe as a necessary characteristic of a new leader?
(a) Handsome.
(b) Young.
(c) Educated.
(d) Radical.

13. According to Garvey, what should the "New Negro" be handed while building an empire in Africa?
(a) Aristocracy and privilege.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Fame.
(d) Fortune.

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

15. In which essay does Garvey outline the specifics of his plan to establish an empire in Africa?
(a) "Defense of the Negro Rioters".
(b) "Garveyism".
(c) "The Future As I See It".
(d) "Race Pride".

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "City Love" about?

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

3. What is the essay "To a Dark Girl" about?

4. What does Fisher note about the Cabaret dancers in his essay, "The Caucasian Storms Harlem"?

5. What does the boy buy Nicey at the end of "City Love"?

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