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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says "white folks is white" in one of Cullen's poems?
(a) Uncle Jim.
(b) Aunt Em.
(c) Uncle Jem.
(d) Aunt Jem.

2. Who advocates the construction of a "great nation in Africa" in "Africa for the Africans"?
(a) Domingo.
(b) Universal Negro Improvement Association.
(c) Marcus Garvey.
(d) Randolph.

3. What fact does Locke cite at the end of "American Negro" in relation to outsider's perceptions?
(a) They see only what they want to see.
(b) They are being studied and not debated about.
(c) They are slowly seeing humans in the Negro race.
(d) They do not understand the Negro race.

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

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

6. What characteristic does the attitude of the "New Crowd" take?
(a) Motivated.
(b) Radical.
(c) Apprehensive.
(d) Optimistic.

7. Who is the author of "Harlem Reviewed"?
(a) Nikki Court.
(b) Nicole Cunny.
(c) Nicholas Cunard.
(d) Nancy Cunard.

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

9. 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) They will never reach that great nation.
(c) Negroes will always work in a country founded by whites.
(d) They are being enslaved by this ideology.

10. Who says that those participating in the riots were acting out of self-defense?
(a) Randolph.
(b) Du Bois.
(c) Domingo.
(d) Garvey.

11. Who gives a list of leaders who fall under the category of the "Old Crowd"?
(a) Garvey.
(b) Du Bois.
(c) Randolph.
(d) Domingo.

12. What does Locke attribute to the migration of the "new Negro"?
(a) "A new vision of opportunity".
(b) "A desire for the old way of life".
(c) "A new born optimism".
(d) "A desire to reach "home".

13. What is said that the "New Negro" will not allow from politicians in "The New Negro - What Is He"?
(a) To diminsih their goals.
(b) To campaign in their area.
(c) To take their tax money.
(d) To make empty promises.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which essay does Garvey outline the specifics of his plan to establish an empire in Africa?

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

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

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

5. What does the main character of "Sweat" do for a living?

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