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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 the poem by Hughes that explains how life is not always a straight path, but a journey to rise?
(a) "Run to Rise".
(b) "Mother to Son".
(c) "Dream Variations".
(d) "Song for a Dark Girl".

2. What is the name of the host and novelist in Thurman's story?
(a) Roger.
(b) Matt.
(c) Raymond.
(d) Ray.

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

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

5. What characteristics are given to Sweetie Mary Carr?
(a) Vulagr and old.
(b) Fat and ugly.
(c) Funny and vulgar.
(d) Crude and funny.

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

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

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

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

10. Why do people in the village go to visit Uncle Monday in "Uncle Monday"?
(a) For his craft.
(b) To take pictures.
(c) To be cured.
(d) To hear his stories.

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

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

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

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

15. What does the author of "Art or Propaganda" believe about the sustainability of art?
(a) It needs to be durable to last.
(b) Someone has to feel connected to it.
(c) It must have propaganda.
(d) It needs a purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Hughes's poem that points out that artistic endeavors can release the "hurt in your heart"?

2. What term is coined to mean that African Americans do not produce art specific to their race due to the absorption of American ways?

3. Who is the author of "A Southern Road"?

4. Why has democracy worked so well in America, according to "Our Greatest Gift to America"?

5. How does the section "Art and Propaganda" end?

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