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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Song of the Son"?
(a) Domingo.
(b) Hughes.
(c) Toomer.
(d) Randolph.

2. In Thurman's story, who asks why he should focus only on his African roots when he has Indian and German roots as well?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Paulene.
(c) Paul.
(d) Dr. Parkes.

3. What animal remains by Aunt Judy Bickerstaff in "Uncle Monday" until she begins to doubt herself?
(a) A snake.
(b) A giraffe.
(c) An alligator.
(d) A crocodile.

4. What is the name of the woman in "Go Down Death"?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Carol.
(c) Carolyn.
(d) Charlize.

5. How many facts does the author present in "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

6. What does Hurston say about Negro art?
(a) It's easy on the eye.
(b) It's fluid.
(c) It's harsh to the eye.
(d) It's symmetrical and angular.

7. Who says there is a "decadent strain" in the works of the Negro artists due to their lack of connection to its roots, in Thurman's story?
(a) Dr. Park.
(b) Dr. Parkes.
(c) Dr. P.
(d) Dr. Perkins.

8. What is the title of Hughes's poem that points out that artistic endeavors can release the "hurt in your heart"?
(a) "Heart".
(b) "Hurt".
(c) "Heat".
(d) "Hurt Heart".

9. What question does Brown end his poem "Remembering Nat Turner" with?
(a) If Turner is innocent.
(b) If Turner is now at rest?
(c) If Turner is the murderer.
(d) If he'll remember Turner.

10. Whose growls are heard by the people at the end of "Uncle Monday"?
(a) The dogs.
(b) The crocodile's.
(c) The giraffe's.
(d) The alligator's.

11. How does Hurston originally define the word "jook"?
(a) A song.
(b) A bawdy house.
(c) A type of person.
(d) A food.

12. Why has democracy worked so well in America, according to "Our Greatest Gift to America"?
(a) White's are supreme in this way of living.
(b) Negroes are inferior to the government.
(c) It divides the power evenly.
(d) Skin color measures a man's worth.

13. What does Hurston later give credit to a "jook" being?
(a) A type of movement or dance.
(b) A house.
(c) A food.
(d) A song.

14. Who is the author of "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?
(a) Hughes.
(b) Hurston.
(c) Domingo.
(d) Arthur A. Schomberg.

15. Who arrived in America as a child and was purchased by a man in Boston?
(a) Phil Wheatney.
(b) Phyllis Whitney.
(c) Phyllis Wheatley.
(d) Eli Whitney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hurston think about the originality of Negro artwork?

2. Who is the author of "Fifty Years"?

3. Whose idea was that the Negro race is part of a greater destiny?

4. What is the title of Jess Redmond's poem?

5. What is the title of James Weldon Johnson's book that details events about Negro artists in general and poets in particular?

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