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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) It divides the power evenly.
(c) Negroes are inferior to the government.
(d) Skin color measures a man's worth.

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

3. What type of literary writing style is effective in the 3 line poem?
(a) The words are written in perfect speech.
(b) It uses dramatic irony.
(c) It uses symbolism.
(d) The words are rounded off at the end to mimic the Negro speech.

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

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

6. Who is the author of "Our Greatest Gift to America"?
(a) Domingp.
(b) McKay.
(c) Schuyler.
(d) Helene Johnson.

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

8. What is the title of McKay's poem where people gather around a lynched man?
(a) "The Lynching".
(b) "Lynched: Past and Present".
(c) "To Witness Lynching".
(d) "The Lynched".

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

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

11. What is the biggest blockage for Negro artists, according to Hughes?
(a) Tendency to discredit their work.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Inequality of wealth.
(d) Tendency to mimic lifestyle of whites.

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

13. Which poet uses the word "if" as a basis for a sonnet to his mother?
(a) Dante.
(b) Dunbar.
(c) Placido.
(d) Hughes.

14. Who is the author of "Go Down Death"?
(a) Hughes.
(b) Hurston.
(c) James Weldon Johnson.
(d) Cullen.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author of "Go Down Death" describe the poem as?

3. In the poem "If We Must Die", what does McKay compare the killings of his race to?

4. What is the influence of the Negro's heritage artwork compared to in "The Negro-Art Hokum"?

5. Who is the author of the poem "Conception"?

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