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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. What sentiment is suggested about American Negroes in relation to Negroes in other parts of the world?

2. In "Africa for the Africans", what does Domingo say about the enslavement of Negroes?

3. Who hates the main character of "Sweat"?

4. Who is the author of "Harlem Reviewed"?

5. What does Johnson say about the Negro Manhattan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Domingo finds any person ever accused of being involved with race riots in his essay "Race Pride".

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

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

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

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

6. Discuss what Locke questions in "The Legacy of the Ancestral Arts".

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the role of the African Nation in "Voices from the Renaissance". Considering "Garveyism" by Randolph and "Africa for Africans" by Garvey, discuss how the authors feel about the nation of Africa in relation to the Negroes in America. How do the authors present a positive or negative ideology for Africa's future?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the relationships of the couples in "Sweat" and "Long Black Song" by Hurston and Wright respectively. Discuss what these two stories suggest about Negro couples and the Negro man in general.

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