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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. Who hates the main character of "Sweat"?

2. Who was selected president for the group that was formed in response to the police's refusals?

3. What follows the essay "A Long Way from Home"?

4. Who gives a list of leaders who fall under the category of the "Old Crowd"?

5. What does the main character of "Sweat" do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the struggle Paul deals with in "Cane" by Jean Toomer.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Helene Johnson's poem "Poem" describe?

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

9. What does "Garveyism" by A. Phillip Randolph address?

10. Describe what happens in Jean Toomer's story "Cane".

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the reader's perception of the first section, "New Negro Radicalism" is unclear on how the ideas and prompts should be viewed. Explain how they present a positive front, negative front or both in their challenges to the Negro race.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast how "The Negro Digs up His Past" by Arthur A. Schomburg and "George S. Schuyler's "Our Greatest Gift to America" discuss the idea that the greatest of the Negro race are dissociated with the race as a whole and what both find in the Negroes reaction to this idea.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the common theme and idea of the authors in the first section, "New Negro Radicalism". What defines someone as an "old" or "new" Negro? Explain how these categories emphasize the common mentality of these authors?

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