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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 type of literary writing style is effective in the 3 line poem?

2. How many facts does the author present in "The Negro Digs Up His Past"?

3. Which poet uses the word "if" as a basis for a sonnet to his mother?

4. Who is the 3 line poem about?

5. What do most of the poems in the section "Alien Gospel or Source of Inspiration?; Alienation, Anger, Rage" have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the idea George S. Schuyler's presents in "The Negro-Art Hokum".

2. Discuss what Hurston examines in "Spirituals and Neo-Spirituals".

3. Discuss what the singing stone is in "Uncle Monday" by Hurston.

4. Discuss what "Fifty Years" by James Weldon Johnson addresses and is significant to.

5. Discuss what Hughes notices in most Negro families in relation to their perception of whites in "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain".

6. Describe the term "jook".

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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