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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sentiment is suggested about American Negroes in relation to Negroes in other parts of the world?
(a) They desire to go to other parts of the world.
(b) They hate other parts of the world.
(c) They are worse off in America.
(d) They are better off in America.

3. What happens to Sykes?
(a) His mistress leaves him.
(b) He is shot.
(c) A snake bites and kills him.
(d) Delia leaves him.

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

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

6. 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.

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

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) "If We Must Die".
(d) "Garveyism".

9. 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 fight for their new ideaology.
(d) Who will take over leadership roles when the old crowd no longer exists.

10. What does Domingo hint to about the government's current state of being?
(a) The situation's intolerancy and that free press and assembly are not possible.
(b) No one cares about the African American race.
(c) They have deviated from their constitution's laws.
(d) They are out of control.

11. What does Fisher miss when he is away at medical school in "The Caucasian Storms Harlem"?
(a) The city.
(b) His friends.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His mom.

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

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

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

15. What did the police officer of Johnson's essay think the wife was doing on the street corner?
(a) Soliciting.
(b) Acting drunk.
(c) About to jay walk.
(d) Waiting for someone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is suggested that the whites must do in "Race Pride"?

2. In what essay does the author state that "a Negro will turn on another Negro if ordered"?

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

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

5. What is "City Love" about?

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