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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which essay addresses the August 1900 incident?
2. What does Locke question in "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts"?
3. How many outcomes does Randolph attribute to Mr. Garvey's ideals in "Garveyism"?
4. What does Fisher note about the Cabaret dancers in his essay, "The Caucasian Storms Harlem"?
5. What essay concludes with the idea that labor organizations should "harness the discontent of Negroes" in order to obtain "working class emancipation"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the August 1900 incident that occurs in "Black Manhattan".
2. Describe what happens in Jean Toomer's story "Cane".
3. Describe the beginning and end of "From the Messenger - A Menace to Radicalism".
4. Discuss what occurred in response to the August 1900 incident.
5. Discuss what happens in Zora Neale Hurston's story "Sweat".
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 Wallace Thurman's editorial discusses about magazines aimed at Negroes.
8. Describe what W. E. B. DuBois's essay "Race Pride" addresses.
9. What does Helene Johnson's poem "Poem" describe?
10. Discuss the prejudice shown in "Wedding Day" by Gwendolyn Bennett.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss James Weldon Johnson's work "Black Manhattan" and the importance of the August 1900 incident and what happened to make this event infamous. Detail the events that were a response to the incident that progressed Negroes to fight for their rights.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the element of rage in the sixth section's literature "Alien Gospel or Source of Inspiration?; Alienation, Anger, Rage". Compare and contrast the perception of what this emotional rage represents, the current state of the Negroes or a prompt to fight for their equality.
Essay Topic 3
Explain what Locke means when he uses the term "American Negro". Also discuss how this term fits with his idea of Negroes behavior as a stereotype.
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