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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. Why do Negroes mimic according to Hurston?

2. Who argues that Negroes did alter the English language?

3. Who is the author of "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?

4. How does the section "Art and Propaganda" end?

5. What does the author say about Negro men and slave trade in "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare and contrast Hurtson's ideas with some etymologists in relation to the African dialect.

2. Discuss the three facts that Arthur A. Schomburg presents in "The Negro Digs Up His Past".

3. Discuss what Blake's interview with Nathan Irvin Huggins is concerned with.

4. Explain what Schuyler's essay "Our Greatest Gift to America" is about.

5. Discuss what Georgia Douglas Johnson's poem, "Old Black Men" addresses.

6. Discuss Schuyler's opinion of democracy.

7. Describe the term "jook".

8. Discuss Hurston's essay "Shouting".

9. Discuss what Hughes addresses in his essay, "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain".

10. Discuss what happens in Wallace Thurman's "Infants of Spring".

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of Negro magazines and newspapers during the early 1900s, specifically "The Messenger" and "Fire". What was the purpose of the contents of the works and how does this provide a deeper insight for the reader to better understand the issues of the time?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the perception and depiction of Harlem in "Voices from the Harlem Renaissance". Compare and contrast the different images we are given of this city in relationship to its inhabitants as well as cultural and artistic connections.

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