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

2. 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. Parkes.
(b) Dr. Park.
(c) Dr. P.
(d) Dr. Perkins.

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

4. What is the title of the poem that expresses McKay's love and hatred for America?
(a) "America".
(b) "The Dual Relationship in America".
(c) "Mixed Emotions".
(d) "The Duality of Life".

5. Who is the author of "A Southern Road"?
(a) James Weldon Johnson.
(b) Domingo.
(c) Helene Johnson.
(d) Hughes.

6. Who first sees Uncle Monday in Hurston's story "Uncle Monday"?
(a) Joe Lindsay.
(b) Joeseph Lies.
(c) Lindsey Joeseph.
(d) Joey Lawrence.

7. What does the author of "Go Down Death" describe the poem as?
(a) A funeral sermon.
(b) A monologue.
(c) A soliloquy.
(d) An apology.

8. Who is the author of "Sterling Brown: The New Negro Folk Poet"?
(a) Locke.
(b) Hurston.
(c) Hughes.
(d) Domingo.

9. According to Hughes, what does he find to be a subconscious belief in most Negro homes?
(a) To be white means power.
(b) To be white is better.
(c) That they are inferior to whites.
(d) To be white means wealth.

10. What is the title of Wallace Thurman's story?
(a) "Infant".
(b) "Springtime".
(c) "Youthful Summer".
(d) "Infants of Spring".

11. What does the author of "The Negro Digs up His Past" attribute his ideology to?
(a) Self knowledge.
(b) Reclaimed background of the race as a whole.
(c) His desire to be famous.
(d) Self motivation.

12. How does the section "Art and Propaganda" end?
(a) With 2 interviews.
(b) With 2 poems.
(c) With 2 songs.
(d) With an essay.

13. What is the title of Jess Redmond's poem?
(a) "Dead Flies".
(b) "Night Flies".
(c) "Fire Flies".
(d) "Dead Fires".

14. What is the influence of the Negro's heritage artwork compared to in "The Negro-Art Hokum"?
(a) Migration in China.
(b) Nothing.
(c) European descent.
(d) Indian descent.

15. What does Cullen seem to indicate about heaven in her poem "She of the Dancing Feet Sings"?
(a) That heaven is a very serious place.
(b) That everyone in heaven is really talented.
(c) That eveyone is pretty in heaven.
(d) That heaven is really fun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique does Hurston discuss in "Spiritual and Neo-Spiritual"?

2. Who is the author of "The Negro-Art Hokum"?

3. What does the author say about Negro men and slave trade in "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?

4. Who is always one step higher than the Negroes, according to Schuyler?

5. What does the author of "The Negro Digs Up His Past" conclude with?

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