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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) It's overpopulated.
(b) It's the most beautiful and healthful.
(c) It's dilapidated.
(d) He loves it.

2. What is suggested that the whites must do in "Race Pride"?
(a) Stand a fight the fight.
(b) Leave Asian and African countries.
(c) Accept men as equal.
(d) Leave Asia and African countries or accept all men as equal.

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

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

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

6. According to Domingo, what are the men of the "New Crowd" filled with?
(a) A burning passion for equality.
(b) Hatred.
(c) A will to fight fire with fire.
(d) Desrie to become equal.

7. Who was selected president for the group that was formed in response to the police's refusals?
(a) Willy Breaks.
(b) Bill Brooks.
(c) William H. Brooks.
(d) William Bradford.

8. What do the police refuse in response to the murdered police officer in Johnson's essay?
(a) A trial for the officer's murderer.
(b) Any calls regarding the murder.
(c) Protective custody for Negroes seeking help.
(d) Peace among the Negroes.

9. Who sings "Shake that Thing" at local bars in the essay by Claude McKay?
(a) Benny.
(b) Banyo.
(c) Banjo.
(d) Banjy.

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

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

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

13. What is the name of the police officer who is stabbed and killed in Johnson's essay?
(a) Robert Thatcher.
(b) Bobby Therron.
(c) Rob Thorne.
(d) Robert Thorpe.

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

15. 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) Art Harlem.
(d) Arthur Harris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poem immediately following "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts" by Countee Cullen address?

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

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

4. What is the main character of "Sweat" afraid of?

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

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