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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who argues that Negroes did alter the English language?
(a) No one.
(b) Some etymologists.
(c) Hurston.
(d) Hughes.

2. How many pieces of art does the last section in "Afro-American Past - History and Folk Tradition" have?
(a) 51.
(b) 20
(c) 26.
(d) 25.

3. 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) "Song for a Dark Girl".
(b) "Dream Variations".
(c) "Run to Rise".
(d) "Mother to Son".

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

5. Who is always one step higher than the Negroes, according to Schuyler?
(a) The next poorest.
(b) The poorest of the poor.
(c) Farmer's.
(d) Mechanics.

6. In the poem "If We Must Die", what does McKay compare the killings of his race to?
(a) Deer.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Hogs.
(d) Genocide.

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

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

9. Who believes Africans did not add any words to the English language?
(a) Hughes.
(b) Hurston.
(c) No one.
(d) Some etymologists.

10. Whose idea was that the Negro race is part of a greater destiny?
(a) Toomer.
(b) Hurston.
(c) Hughes.
(d) James Weldon Johnson.

11. How many poems of Countee Cullen's follow "Spiritual and Neo-Spiritual" in the section "Alien Gospel or Source of Inspiration?; Alienation, Anger, Rage"?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

13. What is the title of James Weldon Johnson's book that details events about Negro artists in general and poets in particular?
(a) "Study of Negro Artistry".
(b) "The Book of American Negro Poetry".
(c) "Study of Works by Negroes".
(d) "Negro Artist's and Poet's Revisited".

14. What is Hurston's story "Shouting" about?
(a) Shouting in torment.
(b) Shouting in fear.
(c) Shouting in religious ceremonies.
(d) Shouting in anger.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of McKay's poem where people gather around a lynched man?

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

4. What does Hurston say about Negro art?

5. What is the title of the poem that expresses McKay's love and hatred for America?

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