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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. Which story calls for donations to a defense fund for those accused of participation in recent riots?
(a) "Defense of the Negro Rioters".
(b) "The New Negro".
(c) "If We Must Die".
(d) "Garveyism".

2. Who gives a list of leaders who fall under the category of the "Old Crowd"?
(a) Domingo.
(b) Garvey.
(c) Du Bois.
(d) Randolph.

3. What characteristic does the attitude of the "New Crowd" take?
(a) Apprehensive.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) Radical.
(d) Motivated.

4. Which essay addresses the August 1900 incident?
(a) "Garrveyism".
(b) "American Negro".
(c) "Black Manhattan".
(d) "The New Negro".

5. What follows the essay "A Long Way from Home"?
(a) A map.
(b) A diary entry.
(c) 2 descriptive poems.
(d) A catalogue of events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the police officer who is stabbed and killed in Johnson's essay?

2. What does Locke attribute to the migration of the "new Negro"?

3. What does Locke say the Negro is willing to work for in "The New Negro"?

4. What is being seen among the heritage of the minorities in "Race Pride"?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the beginning and end of "From the Messenger - A Menace to Radicalism".

2. Describe the question Randolph poses in his essay "A New Crowd - A New Negro".

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

4. Discuss what happens in Zora Neale Hurston's story "Sweat".

5. Describe Randolph's description of how the "new crowd" should behave in his essay "A New Crowd - A New Negro".

6. Describe the attitudes of the men's essays in the section New Negro Radicalism and the interpretation they leave for the reader.

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

8. Describe how Alain Locke's "The New Negro" defines the "new negro" as.

9. Discuss what occurred in response to the August 1900 incident.

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

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