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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 3 line poem?
(a) "Conception".
(b) "Dream Variations".
(c) "Old Black Men".
(d) "If We Must Die".

2. 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.

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

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

5. 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) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

6. According to "Our Greatest Gift to America", where do Negroes frequently spend their time?
(a) Clubs.
(b) Libraries.
(c) Bars.
(d) Parks.

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

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

9. 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. Perkins.
(d) Dr. P.

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

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

12. Who is the author of "Fifty Years"?
(a) Domingo.
(b) James Weldon Johnson.
(c) Hughes.
(d) Toomer.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?

3. What is the title of Wallace Thurman's story?

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

5. Why do people in the village go to visit Uncle Monday in "Uncle Monday"?

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