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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what essay does the author state that "a Negro will turn on another Negro if ordered"?
(a) "Black Manhattan".
(b) "If We Must Die".
(c) "Garveyism".
(d) "From the Messenger - A Menace to Radicalism".

2. What was formed as a response to the police's refusals in Johnson's essay?
(a) Leagues of Prtection.
(b) Protection Gangs.
(c) Citizens Protective League.
(d) Citizen Protection.

3. What does Locke say the Negro is willing to work for in "The New Negro"?
(a) Better lifestyle.
(b) More food.
(c) Better conditions.
(d) More space to live.

4. What is the name of the girl who diffuses the altercation in the barber shop in "Blades of Steel"?
(a) Fefe.
(b) Fluffy.
(c) Effy.
(d) Effie.

5. In Johnson's essay, what is the name of the person who leaves his wife on a street corner, only to find her being harassed?
(a) Andy Haney.
(b) Arther Mayer.
(c) Arthur Harris.
(d) Art Harlem.

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

7. What does Locke question in "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts"?
(a) What makes something art.
(b) The ancestry of art.
(c) How Negro art forms were formed.
(d) The popularity of Negro arts.

8. What must the "New Negro" be willing to do in "A New Crowd - What Is He"?
(a) Demand equal pay.
(b) Work long, hard hours.
(c) Become wealthy.
(d) Heed the law of self-preservation.

9. 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) Radical.
(b) Young.
(c) Educated.
(d) Handsome.

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

11. Who is the author of "A New Crowd - A New Negro"?
(a) Domingo.
(b) Garvey.
(c) Randolph.
(d) James Weldon Johnson.

12. What question is posed in regards to leadership roles of "A New Crowd - A New Negro"?
(a) Who will become the president.
(b) Who will end the old crowd.
(c) Who will take over leadership roles when the old crowd no longer exists.
(d) Who will fight for their new ideaology.

13. According to Locke, how do Negroes respond to their treatment by other races?
(a) They allow themselves to be ridiculed.
(b) They fight back.
(c) They back down.
(d) They use it as an excuse to behave the way they do.

14. What does Locke analyze in relation to the conditions and movement of the "new Negro"?
(a) Why they migrated to the locations they chose.
(b) What motivated them to move.
(c) Where they move and migrateto.
(d) Trends and their tendencies to move.

15. Who wrote "If We Must Die"?
(a) Randolph.
(b) Domingo.
(c) Garvey.
(d) James Weldon Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What age does Cullen specifically focus on in her writings?

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

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

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

5. According to Garvey, what should the "New Negro" be handed while building an empire in Africa?

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