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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Domingo, what are the men of the "New Crowd" filled with?
(a) Desrie to become equal.
(b) Hatred.
(c) A burning passion for equality.
(d) A will to fight fire with fire.

2. What does the "New Negro" believe in?
(a) The rights to work with whites.
(b) The rights to be wealthy.
(c) The rights of others and free press and assembly.
(d) The rights of equality.

3. According to Locke, why have Negroes been treated a certain way?
(a) Lack of education.
(b) Lack of love.
(c) Sterotypes.
(d) Lack of money.

4. In "Africa for the Africans", what does Domingo say about the enslavement of Negroes?
(a) They were all enslaved once.
(b) Africa enslaved the most slaves before the US Civil War.
(c) Negroes haves been manipulated into killing and enslaving Negroes.
(d) Enslavement still exists today.

5. Which of the following does the author of "A New Crowd - A New Negro" NOT describe as a necessary characteristic of a new leader?
(a) Young.
(b) Educated.
(c) Handsome.
(d) Radical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Garvey hope to achieve from his plan to build an empire in Africa?

2. Who says "white folks is white" in one of Cullen's poems?

3. According to Locke, how do Negroes respond to their treatment by other races?

4. What question is posed in regards to leadership roles of "A New Crowd - A New Negro"?

5. What aspect of the Negro culture does Locke discuss?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss what Nancy Cunard says in "Harlem Reviewed" about Harlem's physical attributes.

2. Discuss the "voodoo" in "Luani of the Jungles" by Langston Hughes.

3. Discuss the prejudice shown in "Wedding Day" by Gwendolyn Bennett.

4. Describe what Locke says about the "American Negro" in "The New Negro".

5. Describe the August 1900 incident that occurs in "Black Manhattan".

6. Describe what theme the first essays in the section "New Negro Radicalism" have in common.

7. Discuss what happens in Fisher's story "Blades of Steel".

8. Describe what Marcus A. Garvey's "Africa for Africans" reasons.

9. Describe what W. A. Domingo writes the "New Negro" must be able to do in "If We Must Die".

10. Discuss what Wallace Thurman's editorial discusses about magazines aimed at Negroes.

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