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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Marcus A. Garvey's essay that follows "Garveyism"?
(a) If We Must Die".
(b) "The New Negro- What Is He".
(c) "The New Negro".
(d) "Africa for the Africans".

2. What is being seen among the heritage of the minorities in "Race Pride"?
(a) A protection of their race.
(b) A new commitment to bettering their race.
(c) A new pride.
(d) A new appreciation of their lives.

3. How many outcomes does Randolph attribute to Mr. Garvey's ideals in "Garveyism"?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

5. 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 use it as an excuse to behave the way they do.
(d) They back down.

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

7. What follows the essay "A Long Way from Home"?
(a) 2 descriptive poems.
(b) A catalogue of events.
(c) A diary entry.
(d) A map.

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

9. What does Garvey hope to achieve from his plan to build an empire in Africa?
(a) A new ideology.
(b) A reward to the most loyal to the Negro race.
(c) Fellowship among tribes.
(d) A community.

10. What does Locke notice about the bars and clubs in "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts"?
(a) Whites are serving Negroes.
(b) Whites are prohibited.
(c) They are now attracting a white clientele.
(d) Whites are just now being allowed to enter.

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

12. According to Garvey, what does he feel is the opposite result of the construction of a great African nation?
(a) They are constructing a massive fall of the great nation of Africa.
(b) Negroes will always work in a country founded by whites.
(c) They will never reach that great nation.
(d) They are being enslaved by this ideology.

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

14. 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) Art Harlem.
(b) Andy Haney.
(c) Arther Mayer.
(d) Arthur Harris.

15. What will the new leader not rest until he achieves in "A New Crowd - A New Negro"?
(a) Until he receives national recognition.
(b) Until the new negro has an equal footing.
(c) Until the old crowd dies.
(d) Until women are seen as equal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of changes does Locke see in the overall perception of Negroes?

2. What are the names of McKay's two poems?

3. What does Locke analyze in relation to the conditions and movement of the "new Negro"?

4. Who is the essay "Luani of the Jungles" about?

5. What happens to Sykes?

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